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Ingeborg “of Kalundborg” Esbensdatter Hvide
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Ingeborg “of Kalundborg” Esbensdatter Hvide

Birth
Denmark
Death
1267 (aged 75–76)
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Cenotaph
Kalundborg, Kalundborg Kommune, Sjælland, Denmark Add to Map
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Ingeborg Esbensdatter of Kalundborg died in Hedeby, Schleswig. She was an influential Danish landlord and vassal. She was the daughter of Esbern Snare and the Swedish noble Helena Guttormsdotter, and by her mother the half sister of Canute, Duke of Estonia. She married the nobleman Peder Strangesen.

Ingeborg finished building the Kalundborg Kirke (Church of Our Lady) which her father had begun. Ingeborg was known for her donations to the church and was a powerful figure in Denmark by her ownership of her late father's castle, Kalundborg. She was called "Powerful Lady" and "Ingeborg of Kalundborg" because of it. She was forced to leave Kalundborg and flee to Slesvig.

Ingeborg and Peder had seven children:

Helena Pedersdatter, b. c1215 was previously married to Knut Lange, Swedish King, who was killed in 1234. Helena's second marriage was to Earl Filip Larsson .

Elizabeth Pedersdatter, b. c1230, married Niels Hvide Erlandsen b. c1220 in Lund.

Marianne Pedersdatter Strangesen, b. c1235 in Kalundborg - d. c1283. Buried in Viborg. Married Albrecht von Eberstein.

Johannes Pedersen
Anders Pedersen, became King Abel's Marsk
Margrethe Pedersdatter
Ingeborg Pedersdatter, married Count Ernst of Gleichen.

C.Smith
Ingeborg Esbensdatter of Kalundborg died in Hedeby, Schleswig. She was an influential Danish landlord and vassal. She was the daughter of Esbern Snare and the Swedish noble Helena Guttormsdotter, and by her mother the half sister of Canute, Duke of Estonia. She married the nobleman Peder Strangesen.

Ingeborg finished building the Kalundborg Kirke (Church of Our Lady) which her father had begun. Ingeborg was known for her donations to the church and was a powerful figure in Denmark by her ownership of her late father's castle, Kalundborg. She was called "Powerful Lady" and "Ingeborg of Kalundborg" because of it. She was forced to leave Kalundborg and flee to Slesvig.

Ingeborg and Peder had seven children:

Helena Pedersdatter, b. c1215 was previously married to Knut Lange, Swedish King, who was killed in 1234. Helena's second marriage was to Earl Filip Larsson .

Elizabeth Pedersdatter, b. c1230, married Niels Hvide Erlandsen b. c1220 in Lund.

Marianne Pedersdatter Strangesen, b. c1235 in Kalundborg - d. c1283. Buried in Viborg. Married Albrecht von Eberstein.

Johannes Pedersen
Anders Pedersen, became King Abel's Marsk
Margrethe Pedersdatter
Ingeborg Pedersdatter, married Count Ernst of Gleichen.

C.Smith

Gravesite Details

Ingeborg was most probably buried here



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