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1081:Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
553:Christensen, Axel E. (4 January 2012).
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1045:Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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1051:Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
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984:Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg
971:Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden
500:Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
465:Mäkelä-Alitalo, Anneli (2000).
165:Valdemar III, Duke of Schleswig
1005:†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481)
256:Adolf IV, Count of Schauenburg
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1057:Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
1039:Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
1033:Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
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1206:13th-century German nobility
1129:Henri de Laborde de Monpezat
1093:Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
413:Unnamed daughter, died young
301:, who was imprisoned by the
979:(1320–1326 & 1329–1330)
203:Adolf IV, Count of Holstein
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1201:Burials at Varnhem Abbey
705:Queen consort of Denmark
612:Dansk Biografisk Lexikon
584:Medeltidens svenska krig
77:Queen consort of Denmark
56:Queen consort of Denmark
1075:Louise of Great Britain
1003:Dorothea of Brandenburg
467:"Mechtild Tanskalainen"
178:Abel, Lord of Langeland
1151:‡ also Queen of Sweden
1148:† also Queen of Norway
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933:Berengaria of Portugal
828:Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
555:"Mechtilde – dronning"
280:Duke Abel of Schleswig
1251:Abel, King of Denmark
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977:Euphemia of Pomerania
852:Boedil Thurgotsdatter
790:Tove of the Obotrites
765:Asfrid Odinkarsdatter
754:Danish royal consorts
654:SS XVI, pages 363–367
593:pp. 78–79; online at
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303:Archbishop of Cologne
146:Abel, King of Denmark
34:Mechtilde of Holstein
1186:House of Schauenburg
965:Agnes of Brandenburg
897:Lutgard of Salzwedel
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864:Ulvhild Håkansdotter
667:House of Schauenburg
662:Matilda of Holstein
595:Pennan & Svärdet
297:rather than her son
242:, Regent of Sweden.
1241:Daughters of counts
1021:Sophie of Pomerania
1015:Isabella of Austria
1009:Christina of Saxony
997:Philippa of England
991:Helvig of Schleswig
953:Matilda of Holstein
940:Eleanor of Portugal
921:Gertrude of Bavaria
527:Deutsche Biographie
276:Battle of Bornhöved
221:Matilda of Holstein
62:Matilda of Holstein
1196:House of Estridsen
858:Margaret Fredkulla
846:Ingegerd of Norway
802:Sigrid the Haughty
631:1. ed. (1887-1905)
471:Kansallisbiografia
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310:Duchy of Schleswig
268:County of Holstein
262:. Her grandfather
252:Schauenburg Castle
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650:1237–1241,
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561:(in Danish)
529:(in German)
496:"Mechtilde"
391:), married
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193:Schauenburg
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