Rikissa Valdemarsdatter (abt. 1178 - abt. 1220)

Born about 1178 in Roskilde, Danmark

Ancestors

Wife of Erik Knutsson — married 1210 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Descendants

Died about 8 May 1220 at about age 42 in Ringsted, Vestsjalland, Denmark

Biography

Rikissa Valdemarsdatter, daughter of Valdemar I Knutsson (Valdemar den store/the great), King of Denmark and Sophie of Polotzk.

She married Swedish King Erik X Knutsson in 1210. They had the children^[1];

• Sofia
• Ingeborg
• Erik

Earlier biography also suggests a daughter named Helen and Wikipedia suggests a daughter named Marianne.

Birth

Birth: ABT 1178 Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark

Death

Death: 08 MAY 1220

Burial

Burial: Ringsted Church, Ringsted, Sorö, Denmark

Research Note

Dotter, Datter, Dottir does all mean "daughter" in Scandinavia, and attached behind the father's first name (patronymic). A woman kept her birth name all her life and did not take on her husband's last name as her own.

Sources

1. ↑ https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWEDEN.htm#ErikKingdied1216

• Rikissa, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/6755, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Hans Gillingstam), hämtad 2021-08-03.

See also;

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikissa_av_Danmark
• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Knutsson
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p11308.htm#i113076
• Book: Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 27.