- Rikissa of Poland
Rikissa of Poland (b. 1116 d. after
25 December 1156 ), was queen in Sweden and grand princess of Minsk. She was a daughter of kingBoleslaw III of Poland andSalome von Berg-Schelklingen . Married three times, to Viking-originated rulers in two countries.Biography
Her first marriage was with
Magnus the Strong who was the son of KingNiels of Denmark and a grandson of kingInge I of Sweden . Magnus died before his father and therefore did not succeed in Denmark, but as one of the heirs of his Swedish grandfather's extinct dynasty, he claimed Sweden and was recognized King in Gothenland whereby some sources dub him as king of Västergötland. Their marriage produced a son,Canute V of Denmark .Secondly, she married
Grand Duke Volodar of Minsk , a ruler of Viking origin as most of Rus princes then were. Their marriage produced, in addition to two sons, a daughterSofia of Minsk whom her half-brother Knud had married to his rival, the futureValdemar I of Denmark .Thirdly, she married the widowed king
Sverker I of Sweden , earlier a rival of her first husband. Certainly one son was born from this marriage, Burislav Sverkersson; but the chronicles assignSune Sik Sverkersson as another son from Rikissa and Sverker, possibly the youngest.References
* cite book
author =Lars O. Lagerqvist
title = "Sverige och dess regenter under 1.000 år",("Sweden and its rulers during 1000 years").
publisher = Albert Bonniers Förlag AB
id = ISBN 91-0-075007-7
date = 1982
language = SwedishSucession
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