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256:, while the dukes took power. Two of her sons and a daughter was imprisoned with them, while her eldest son and the declared son and heir managed to escape to Denmark. In the treaty between her brother the King of Denmark and the dukes the following year, her brothers-in-law guaranteed her possession of her dower, and in 1308, Martha and Birger were released.
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Her second son died in exile in 1319. In 1320, her eldest son Magnus returned to Sweden, where he was executed. The chronicles therefore almost only mention the two daughters of the royal couple, Agnes and
Catherine. Nothing is known of her youngest daughter Catherine, and the only thing known of her
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describes how the queen received her brothers-in-law with assurances that she loved them as if they were her brothers by blood. The chronicle mentions her participating in the festivities: "Everyone danced all the way from indoors to outdoors; the queen had never looked so happy before". Her good
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Ingeborg attended the border meeting between
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Martha was widowed in 1321. Evidently, Martha was forced to accompany King
Christopher when he was exiled to Germany in 1326, and was not able to return for three years. In 1329, she was guaranteed the return of her property. In 1332, Christopher II died and Denmark was disrupted by
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The wedding between Martha and Birger was celebrated in
Stockholm 25 November 1298. The wedding celebrations are described as very elaborate, with a procession of knights, amateur theater by nobles and the king naming his brothers dukes. She was praised when she asked for no
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in 1317, where the king and queen retaliated against the dukes and had the king's brothers invited to festivities, after which they were imprisoned and died in the dungeons; she is in fact pointed out as the creator of the plot. According to
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Gotland and from there to
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mood was seen as a cruel sign of excitement that she and her spouse were to have their revenge for the HĂĄtuna games, as she was aware of the plan to capture the dukes in the middle of the festivities.
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other than the freedom of Magnus
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Erik (d. 1319), archdeacon in Uppsala; died in exile
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869:(1229–1234)
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743:Blotstulka
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628:1298–1318
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178:Early life
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43:Coronation
242:Duke Eric
37:1298–1318
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419:"Märta"
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192:Eric VI
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