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Euphemia of Rügen

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The assumption that Euphemia was a daughter of Count Günter of Arnstein-Lindow-Ruppin is based, according to Ursula Scheil, on a misunderstanding and was disproved by her in 1945 in the Genealogie der Fürsten von Rügen ("Genealogy of the Princes of Rügen" (1164-1325), Greifswald), however the story
171:, subsequently died in July 1299 at which time Håkon became king of Norway. The marriage between Euphemia and Håkon had probably been agreed upon at a Danish-Norwegian settlement meeting in the autumn of 1298, at which Prince Vitslav participated as a mediator and guarantee. The couple resided at 190:
culture. Queen Euphemia, who was eager to cultivate continental culture within the Nordic courts, had translations made of three French and German twelfth-century chivalric romances in verse and had copies sent to the Swedish court. The three ballads were titled
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Queen Euphemia was well known for her cultural interests. She loved to read and owned a large collection of books, which was said to have been one of the largest collections in
951: 509: 261:. Remains of two people, deemed to be Håkon and Euphemia, were discovered during excavations of the ruins of that church and reinterred in the Royal Mausoleum in 433: 536: 554: 209:(probably 1312). Each poem has a final statement that they were translated by initiative from Queen Euphemia. These became known in Swedish as the 976: 966: 590: 981: 971: 786: 722: 730: 754: 946: 778: 527: 363: 607: 581: 572: 426: 149: 113: 598: 845: 518: 419: 199: 137: 803: 616: 442: 956: 887: 491: 482: 254: 66: 961: 393: 235: 322: 117: 670: 652: 545: 205: 129: 27: 160:, and thus Prince Vitslav would have been her maternal grandfather. This claim has, however, been refuted. 762: 243: 878: 746: 738: 688: 563: 454: 153: 941: 936: 239: 164: 133: 81: 857: 770: 679: 661: 643: 634: 625: 247: 500: 853: 820: 811: 231: 93: 895: 872: 359: 168: 88: 136:. She is famous in history as a literary figure, and known for commissioning translations of 836: 794: 697: 473: 403: 156:(1240–1302). Older Norwegian historiography claims she was the daughter of Günter, Count of 866: 262: 172: 70: 828: 211: 336: 930: 465: 295: 281: 714: 386: 311: 411: 250:
would succeed both Håkon as king of Norway and Birger as king of Sweden.
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at that time. Queen Euphemia represented the emerging
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Index

Queen consort of Norway
St Mary's Church, Oslo
Akershus Castle
Håkon V of Norway
Issue
Ingeborg of Norway
House
Vitslav II
Rügen
Queen of Norway
Håkon V of Norway
romances
Vitslav II
Prince of Rügen
Arnstein
Håkon V of Norway
Eric II
Akershus Castle
Oslo
Europe
chivalric
Herr Ivan lejonriddaren
Hertig Fredrik av Normandie
Flores och Blanzeflor
Eufemiavisorna
Norway
Sweden
Ingeborg of Norway
Eric Magnusson of Sweden
Magnus III of Sweden

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