Ancestral Trails 2016 » Judith von SAXONY (1223-< 1267)

Personal data Judith von SAXONY 

• She was born in the year 1223 in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
• She died before February 2, 1267.
• A child of Albrecht von SAXONY and Agnes von ÖSTERREICH

Household of Judith von SAXONY

(1) She is married to Burchard von QUERFURT-ROSENBURG.

They got married after 1250.

Child(ren):

1. Sophia Burghardsdatter von QUERFURT-ROSENBURG  > 1250-1325

(2) She is married to Erik IV of DENMARK.

They got married in the year 1239, she was 16 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Sofia of DENMARK  1241-1286 
2. Ingeborg of DENMARK  1244-1287 

Notes about Judith von SAXONY

Jutta of Saxony (c. 1223 - before 2 February 1267) was a Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Eric IV of Denmark. Jutta was the daughter of Albert I, Duke of Saxony. She married king Erik in 1239, and became junior queen consort, since her husband was junior king, even though there were no senior queen at the time. She would become senior queen in 1242.

Not many details are known about Queen Jutta. Jutta was involved in a conflict with the monks of Øm Abbey, from whom she confiscated corn from their estates and shipped it to her own. Her signature was also on the instruction regarding the funeral service of her spouse, in which he expressed the wish to be buried in the clothes of a monk. She was queen for eight years and widowed in 1250 when her spouse was murdered.

Jutta married a second time and became the first wife of Count Burchard VIII of Querfurt-Rosenburg, who held function and title of Burgrave of Magdeburg (recorded between 1273 and 1313), a son of Burgrave Burchard VI (recorded between 1221 and 1273).

Her children with Eric IV were:
Sofia of Denmark, (1241-1286) married to King Valdemar of Sweden
Canute (Knud) of Denmark (b. & d. 1242)
Ingeborg of Denmark (1244-1287), married to King Magnus VI of Norway
Jutta of Denmark, Abbess of St. Agneta in Roskilde (1246-1284)
Christof of Denmark (b. & d. 1247)
Agnes of Denmark, Abbess of St. Agneta in Roskilde (1249-1288/95)

Her daughter with Burchard VIII was:
Sophia Burghardsdatter von Querfurt-Rosenburg (d. 1325), married with Erik Erikssøn Langben (1272-1310), Duke of Langeland, son of Eric I, Duke of Schleswig
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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