Margrete Skulesdatter
Margarete Skulesdatter (* 1210, † 1270 in Rein monastery) was by marriage to King Håkon Håkonsson of 1225-1263 Queen of Norway.
Her parents were Skule Bårdsson (1189-1240) and his wife Ragnhild (mentioned 1219-1247 ). 1225 she married King Håkon Håkonsson. Marriage should settle the tensions between King Håkon and Skule Bårdsson. She played no political role. It is first mentioned in 1219 as the consultant of King Håkon suggested to him the marriage with Margaret. That should prevent Skule again throne claims alleged that he had argued in vain, as Håkon had been elected king in 1217.
The wedding should take place Easter 1225 in Bergen. The date, however, turned thus in danger, that the king was bound by his struggle with the Ribbunge in Viken. But he succeeded, at Easter to be in Bergen on the spot, so that the wedding could take place.
Two years later she gave birth to her first son, Olav, who died a few years later. But the sons and un Håkon Magnus grew up and received both the King name. The daughter Kristin was married to the brother of Philip the Spanish King Alfonso X of Castile and León. That was part of the foreign policy of the king.
The intermarriage with Håkon, however, did not prevent the relationship between Skule and the king was getting worse and culminated in an uprising, was killed in the Skule, what should have taken very Margarete. Its position between the husband and the father feuding with him was difficult in any case.
Because of his rebellion Skule assets had been confiscated by the king. Therefore, it is unclear whether she has inherited her father's fortune. Anyway, they had kept the dowry. She had also made another donation of King Håkon by Pope Innocent IV, at her request before the coronation Håkons 1247 under his protection. From their assets probably the three chapels date in the diocese of Stavanger, whose patronage of Cardinal William of Modena Queen and their children about wearing occasion of the coronation. Moreover, there had been dispute between you and the bishop Åskjell Jonsson of Stavanger. One of the chapels can be made to the former St. Peter's Church in Stavanger, which its " Odelskirche " called King Magnus and later donated to the hospital in the city. In Stavanger, it was first mentioned among the witnesses, when King Håkon the evaluation conducted by King Magnus Erlingsson transfer of governance of the bishop of the city confirmed.
According to the sources, the Queen regularly traveled with the king to the larger cities of the country and held a senior management position at court. Due to this position, she was awarded in 1238 and 1240 by the English king Henry III. a scarlet robe hard. A lavishly illustrated English Psalter, who came in the middle of the 13th century to Norway, is likely to have heard. Her daughter Kristin also got a make Psalter, which had been manufactured in Paris. This means that both were like the king, who gave many translations in order literate.
As a widow, she moved with her son Magnus in the fall of 1264 from Bergen to Trøndelag and visited the Reins monastery. From 1267 she lived there until her death in 1270., You presented the monastery with a gold chalice, the Archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson on his flight to Holland in 1531 then swiped.
- Olav (* 1227 )
- Håkon Håkonsson un (1232-1257)
- Kristin Håkonsdatter (1234-1262)
- Lagabætir Magnus (1238-1280)