Estrid Svendsdatter

• Preferred Name: Estrid Svendsdatter^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Alternate Name: Estrid Margarete Svendsdotter
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: 9HVL-KZ4
  
• LifeSketch: with note: Description: English and Danish excerpts from Wikipedia:"Estrid was born around 990 *or* around 997.""In 1047, her son became king in Denmark due to his mother's descent, and is hence known by the matronymic Sven Estridssen. Estrid herself was granted the *honorar
  
• Birth: ABT 990 in Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark at LATI: N5.65 LONG: E2.1
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Princess of Denmark
  
• Death: ABT 1057 in Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark at LATI: N5.65 LONG: E2.1
  
• Burial: in Roskilde Domkirke, Sømme Herred, Roskilde Amt
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  English and Danish excerpts from Wikipedia:
  
  "Estrid was born around 990 *or* around 997."
  
  "In 1047, her son became king in Denmark due to his mother's descent, and is hence known by the matronymic Sven Estridssen. Estrid herself was granted the *honorary title* of Queen [...] despite the fact that *she was not a monarch* nor the spouse of one."
  
  "THE DATE OF HER DEATH IS UNKNOWN, but it can be no earlier than 1057 or later than 1073, as it is known that Bishop William of Roskilde officiated at her funeral, and he was in office between 1057 and 1073."
  
  "She was widely believed to have been buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral, but a DNA test in 2003 DISPELLED THE MYTH as the remains belonged to a woman much too young to be Estrid."
  
  "Estrid Svendsdatter var dronningemoder af Danmark mens hendes søn, Svend Estridsen (opkaldt efter hende) var konge. Hun byggede en ny kirke i Roskilde, som formodentlig var den første stenkirke i Danmark."
  
  "Sammen med Ulf Jarl fik Estrid to sønner: Svend Estridsen og Asbjørn Jarl. Ægteskabet var måske et forsøg fra Knuds side på at skaffe mere loyalitet omkring sig, men det virkede ikke og i 1026 blev Ulf dræbt i Roskilde Domkirke af Knuds mænd. Mandens formodede konspiration bragte dog ikke Estrid i unåde hos broren Knud. Tværtimod fik hun nu store jordbesiddelser i Skåne og på Sjælland i erstatning."
  
  "Det siges at hendes moder Sigrid nægtede at lade sig omvende til kristendommen, mens Estrid havde et godt forhold til kirken. Som rig enke skænkede hun jordegods til Roskilde Domkirke (efter 1057) og byggede for egne midler hvad der sandsynligvis var den første stenkirke i Danmark i Roskilde. Estrid skaffede sønnen Svend en kirkelig uddannelse der blev bemærket af pave Pave Gregor 7. Estrid blev lagt til hvile i Roskilde Domkirke."
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter
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  [NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL noted above to review the latest content.]
  
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  A Danish memory
  Estrid, der var søster til Knud den Store, var blandt Roskilde Domkirkes velgørere. Hun var en af de første, ja måske endda den første, der skænkede kirken jordegods. Det vides dog ikke om hun selv kn
  
  === Please read a Danish Life Sketch in Memo ===
  Please read a Danish Life Sketch in Memories.
  
  English and Danish excerpts from Wikipedia:
  
  "Estrid was born around 990 *or* around 997."
  
  "In 1047, her son became king in Denmark due to his mother's descent, and is hence known by the matronymic Sven Estridssen. Estrid herself was granted the *honorary title* of Queen [...] despite the fact that *she was not a monarch* nor the spouse of one."
  
  "THE DATE OF HER DEATH IS UNKNOWN, but it can be no earlier than 1057 or later than 1073, as it is known that Bishop William of Roskilde officiated at her funeral, and he was in office between 1057 and 1073."
  
  "She was widely believed to have been buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral, but a DNA test in 2003 DISPELLED THE MYTH as the remains belonged to a woman much too young to be Estrid."
  
  "Estrid Svendsdatter var dronningemoder af Danmark mens hendes søn, Svend Estridsen (opkaldt efter hende) var konge. Hun byggede en ny kirke i Roskilde, som formodentlig var den første stenkirke i Danmark."
  
  "Sammen med Ulf Jarl fik Estrid to sønner: Svend Estridsen og Asbjørn Jarl. Ægteskabet var måske et forsøg fra Knuds side på at skaffe mere loyalitet omkring sig, men det virkede ikke og i 1026 blev Ulf dræbt i Roskilde Domkirke af Knuds mænd. Mandens formodede konspiration bragte dog ikke Estrid i unåde hos broren Knud. Tværtimod fik hun nu store jordbesiddelser i Skåne og på Sjælland i erstatning."
  
  "Det siges at hendes moder Sigrid nægtede at lade sig omvende til kristendommen, mens Estrid havde et godt forhold til kirken. Som rig enke skænkede hun jordegods til Roskilde Domkirke (efter 1057) og byggede for egne midler hvad der sandsynligvis var den første stenkirke i Danmark i Roskilde. Estrid skaffede sønnen Svend en kirkelig uddannelse der blev bemærket af pave Pave Gregor 7. Estrid blev lagt til hvile i Roskilde Domkirke."
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter
  https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter
  
  [NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL noted above to review the latest content.]
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  Eleanore of Normandy
  1005–Deceased • L1JP-NCZ ​​
  Niels Estridsen
  1016–1086 • L1JV-C39 ​​
  Niels Ulfsson
  1016–Deceased • G3KP-MWZ ​​
  Githa Ulfsdatter
  1020–1035 • GS35-T98 ​​
  Helena de Normandy
  1022–1070 • L4BD-SLX ​​
  Robert de Normandy
  1023–1036 • LZT9-2C4 ​​
  Nicolas de Normandie
  1024–Deceased • GMDL-6GV ​​
  Niels Ulsiusson
  1025–Deceased • K8CJ-97N ​​
  Adelais Judith Normandy
  Deceased • L1JP-HL1 ​​
  Niels Estridsen
  Deceased • 9SG5-4P9 ​​
  Oda Ulfssdatter
  Deceased • G3KG-RRQ ​​
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 990 or 997
  
  BIRTH: Also shown as Born about 0990 or 0997

• m. 1016 in Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark

1. Svend Estridsen, b. 9 OCT 1019 in England     d. 28 APR 1076 in Rødekro, Sønderjylland, Denmark
2. Asbjørn Ulfsøn Sprackling, b. 1022     d. 1086

1. Title: en.Wikipedia Estrid Svendsdatter
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter;
   Note: Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark (Estrith, Astrith: 990/997 – 1057/1073), was a Danish princess and titular queen, a Russian princess and, possibly, duchess of Normandy by marriage. She was the daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and perhaps Gunhild of Wenden and half-sister of Cnut the Great. By Ulf Jarl,[1] she was the mother of the later King Sweyn II Estridson and Beorn Estrithson.[2] The dynasty that ruled Denmark in 1047–1412 was named after her.[3] Though never a ruler or wife of a king, she was known in Denmark as queen during her son's reign.[4] According to other researchers[5] Estrid was the daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and Sigrid the Haughty, herself the daughter of Skagul Toste, making Olof Skötkonung, the son of Sigrid the Haughty and Eric the Victorious, Estrid's half-brother while Canute the Great, Harald and Świętosława her other half-siblings, as children of Sweyn Forkbeard and the Polish princess Gunhild, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland. Biography: Estrid was born around 990[6] or around 997.[7] In 1014, her father died. She was reportedly married briefly to an unnamed Russian Prince (perhaps Vsevolod, Prince of Vladimir-Volynsk, son of Grand Prince Vladimir I the Great),[8] who died following the Rus' war after the death of the Grand Prince in 1015. After her brother's elevation to the throne of England, he made an agreement with Richard II of Normandy that Estrid was to marry Richard's son Robert. It is not known whether this marriage ever took place. Ralph Glaber in his Historiarum libri quinque[9][10] reported that an unnamed sister of Cnut married Robert, but Adam of Bremen reports a marriage of Estrid (calling her Margaret) to Richard II, indicating that after he went to Jerusalem she married Ulf, yet although Richard never went to Jerusalem, Robert did.[11] Norman sources do not mention such a marriage for either duke, and historians disagree whether it was a short-lived marriage, a betrothal, or a result of confusion. Her brother Cnut then arranged a marriage for her with Ulf, Jarl of Orkney. In 1026, Ulf was killed by the order of Cnut. It is possible that the murder took place with her consent.[4] She did not lose her brother's trust, and was granted large lands by him.[4] She gave her son an education by the church, made donations to the church and is believed to have founded the first church made of stone in Denmark (Roskilde Cathedral).[4] She supported her son's struggle to gain dominance over Denmark.[4] In 1047, her son became king in Denmark due to his mother's descent, and is hence known by the matronymic Sven Estridssen ('son of Estrid').[4] Estrid herself was granted the honorary title of Queen (not Queen mother), the very same variation of the title normally reserved for the consort of the king, and became known as "Queen Estrid", despite the fact that she was not a monarch nor the spouse of one.[4] The idea that Estrid's son Sweyn Estrithson was offered the crown as the Confessor's successor is dismissed. Ulf's sister was Gytha married to Earl Godwin, and put her family firmly in the Anglo-Scandinavian camp.[12] The date of her death is unknown, but it can be no earlier than 1057 or later than 1073, as it is known that Bishop William of Roskilde officiated at her funeral, and he was in office between 1057 and 1073.[4] Aftermath: Estrid was widely believed to have been buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral, but a DNA test in 2003 dispelled the myth as the remains belonged to a woman much too young to be Estrid. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid and who married Harald III Hen, the son of Sweyn Estridsen.[13] References: 1. "King Cnut: Emperor of the North". 2. Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth, D. P. Kirby, A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales (1991), p. 231. 3. List of Rulers of Europe | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art 4. "Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Estrid". www.kvinfo.dk. 15 May 2003. 5. Prinke, Rafał T. "Świętosława, Sygryda, Gunhilda. Tożsamość córki Mieszka I i jej skandynawskie związki [Świętosława, Sygryda, Gunhilda. The identity of Mieszko I's daughter and her Scandinavian relationships". 6. "Princess Estrid Margrethe Svendsdatter, Princess of Denmark". geni_family_tree. 7. "World Bride Index: Denmark". 8. "VsevolodVladimirovich Prinz von VOLYNSK/Estrid Svendsdatter Prinzessin VON DAENEMARK". www.usgennet.org. 9. M. K. Lawson, Cnut: England's Viking King (2004), p. 105. 10. "CdB Guided Tours Roman and Norman Notes". 11. Pauline Stafford, Queen Emma and Queen Edith (1997), p. 23; cf. p. 235. 12. Wood, 35 13. "Last Viking buried with wrong woman". The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 19 September 2011. This page was last edited on 26 January 2022, at 19:05 (UTC).
   
2. Title: Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL75-PJND : 3 April 2023), Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter, ; Burial, Roskilde, Roskilde Kommune, Sjælland, Denmark, Roskilde Cathedral; citing record ID 176914067, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL75-PJND;
   Page: Ancestry
   
3. Title: Wikipedia: House of Estridsen
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Estridsen;
   
4. Title: da.Wikipedia Estrid Svendsdatter
   Author: Estrid Svendsdatter Dronning af Danmark Ægtefælle Ulf Jarl Børn Med Ulf Svend Estridsen Asbjørn Jarl Bjørn Ulfsen Hus Jellingdynastiet Far Svend Tveskæg Mor Sigrid Storråde Født Før 1005 Død efter 1057 Hvilested Roskilde Domkirke Religion Kristendommen
   Publication: Name: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrid_Svendsdatter;
   Note: Estrid Svendsdatter, også kendt som Margrethe (før 1005 - efter 1057) var titulær dronning af Danmark mens hendes søn, Svend Estridsen (opkaldt efter hende) var konge (1047-til hendes død). Hun byggede en ny kirke i Roskilde, som formodentlig var den første stenkirke i Danmark. Familie og opvækst: Estrid var datter af kong Svend Tveskæg som døde allerede i 1014 i Lincoln, England. Moderen tænkes at være Sigrid Storråde men kunne også være Gunhild af Polen som var mor til Knud den Store og Harald 2.. Efter faderens død bliver hendes ambitiøse storebror Knud den Store Estrids værge og selvom hun stadig er et barn bliver der skabt ægteskabsalliancer med hende som brud. En kilde foreslår at hun blev viet til en af Vladimir den Helliges fire sønner, som dog alle faldt i borgerkrigen efter Vladimirs død i 1015. Efter Knud havde overtaget magten i England og giftet sig med Emma af Normandiet, enke efter Ethelred 2. den Rådvilde konge af England, blev der indgået en aftale om at Estrid skulle giftes med Dronning Emma's nevø Robert 1. af Normandiet. Dette skete dog ikke og til sidst blev Estrid gift med Ulf Jarl en af kong Knud's betroede mænd i England. Ægteskab og børn: Sammen med Ulf Jarl fik Estrid tre sønner: Svend Estridsen, Asbjørn Jarl og Bjørn, jarl i England (myrdet 1049). Ægteskabet var måske et forsøg fra Knuds side på at skaffe mere loyalitet omkring sig, men det virkede ikke og i 1026 blev Ulf dræbt i Roskilde Domkirke af Knuds mænd. Mandens formodede konspiration bragte dog ikke Estrid i unåde hos broren Knud. Tværtimod fik hun nu store jordbesiddelser i Skåne og på Sjælland i erstatning. Estrid støttede sønnen Svend i hans kamp om eneherredømme over Danmark som lykkedes til sidst. Den yngre søn Asbjørn havde ikke den samme succes. I 1069 gjorde han et forgæves forsøg på at erobre England. Kristendommen: Det siges at hendes moder Sigrid nægtede at lade sig omvende til kristendommen, mens Estrid havde et godt forhold til kirken. Som rig enke skænkede hun jordegods til Roskilde Domkirke (efter 1057) og byggede for egne midler hvad der sandsynligvis var den første stenkirke i Danmark i Roskilde. Estrid skaffede sønnen Svend en kirkelig uddannelse der blev bemærket af pave Pave Gregor 7.. Estrid blev lagt til hvile i Roskilde Domkirke. Eksterne henvisninger: Estrid Svendsdatter i Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon på Kvinfo.dk Denne side blev senest ændret den 22. marts 2021 kl. 20:14.