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Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig

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183:. This succeeded, and Atterdag agreed to leave her in control of the castle, on condition that she stay out of the war. In 1364, her son made peace with Atterdag. In 1373, Richardis made Atterdag the protector of her widow fiefs, including Als. This is the last time she is mentioned; in 1386, her nephew 179:, which was at the time the residence of Richardis. She defended the castle successfully for a long time, but when it was no longer possible, she opened the gates and walked out to the king with her daughters and all the women of the castle 167:
The year of her marriage is unknown; her spouse was king of Denmark in 1326–29, and if she married him before 1329, she would have been queen of Denmark. They had two sons, Valdemar (1338–1360) and
171:(1342–1375), the latter, Henry, succeeded in Schleswig upon Valdemar's death. Richardis is mainly known for an incident in 1358, during the war between her spouse and king 828: 833: 161: 17: 818: 808: 375: 838: 823: 803: 286: 188: 407: 227: 349: 312: 153: 98: 739: 184: 137: 34: 798: 793: 253: 591: 471: 497: 732: 168: 78: 555: 813: 765: 149: 145: 64: 529: 649: 617: 775: 757: 172: 117: 71: 787: 176: 157: 141: 704: 85: 175:
of Denmark. Atterdag made a siege on Sønderborg castle on
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to claim Otto's inheritance after Richardis in his name.
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Ancestors of Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig
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Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig)
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Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XIV. Bind. Resen - Saxtrup
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Index

Richardis of Schwerin
Duchess consort of Schleswig
Valdemar III of Denmark
Issue
Henry, Duke of Schleswig
House
Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin
Roman Catholicism
Duchess consort
Schleswig
Danish queen consort
Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig)
Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin
Tecklenburg
Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden
Henry
Valdemar Atterdag
Als
Otto VI, Count of Tecklenburg
Eric of Saxony
Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin
Niklot I, Count of Schwerin
Margaret of Mecklenburg
Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin
John I, Count of Holstein-Kiel
Elisabeth of Holstein-Kiel
Elisabeth of Saxony
Otto III, Count of Tecklenburg
Otto IV, Count of Tecklenburg
Richardis of the Mark

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