Euphemia of Rügen

Euphemia of Rügen, and Eufemia (* 1280, † 1312) was Queen of Norway by marriage. She came from the Princely House of Rügen. In the Swedish literary history is known through the Eufemiavisor, the songs of Eufemia.

Life

Euphemia was the daughter of Prince Wizlaw II of Rügen and the Agnes of Brunswick- Lüneburg, daughter of Duke Otto I is wide spread acceptance, Euphemia was the daughter of Count Günther von Arnstein Lindow -Ruppin and thus the granddaughter Wizlaws. This assumption is derived from the Detmarchronik Lübeck, which states: "Do serviceable koning sin broder, herthoge Haquin, de Langhe not constitute bevoren hadde phenomenon of greven dochter van Reppin, what de dochter van Ruyen of scour. " Is in German biographies such a relationship not mentioned. Wizlaw II described it in 1302 in his will as his daughter ( " .. item domine regine Norwegie Elie mee .. ").

After the rhyming chronicle of the Ernst von Kirchberg she was first with Nicholas the child, Lord Rostock, engaged. 1299 she married the Duke Håkon Magnusson, who became the King Håkon V. of Norwegian in the autumn of the same year. After the birth of her daughter Ingeborg (1301-1361) Håkon V. changed the Norwegian succession and also granted women the right to the throne.

Agnes, which usually illegitimate daughter as Håkons designated second child in the marriage, was about the thesis of the Norwegian scientist Per Holck perhaps in reality an illegitimate daughter Euphemia. As evidence, he cites here that Agnes was also the name of Euphemia's mother and at that time otherwise not occur in Norway. In addition, the suitor was beheaded shortly after the wedding, you may also burned, which was a degrading method of execution for a nobleman. According to the Swedish Erik chronicling the marital relationship between Euphemia and Håkon V. shall not have been good.

In 1868 two recovered during archaeological excavations in the ruins of St. Mary's Church Oslo skulls are most likely to the bones Euphemia and Håkons.

Eufemiavisor

According to tradition, Euphemia had translated three contemporary seals, which she dedicated her son, the Duke of Södermanland, Erik Magnusson, who married in 1312 her daughter Ingeborg. This was around the chivalric romances Yvain ou Le Chevalier au lion by Chrétien de Troyes and Hœrtogh Fredrik ( Duke Frederick of Normandy ) and the oriental folk epic Floire et Blanche. The translations are the oldest known literature in altostnordischer linguistic fields;