Swietoslava Queen of Sweden Norway Denmark [6459] 1529
- Born: Abt 970, Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland 1529
- Marriage (1): Svend Hakonsson LADEJ King of Denmark [6458]
- Died: 1014, Gainsborough, , Lincolnshire, England about age 44 1529
FamilySearch ID: G57L-JYL.
General Notes:
Swietoslawa was a Polish princess, the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and sister of Boleslaw I of Poland, who married two Scandinavian kings. According to some chroniclers, this princess, whose name is not given, was married first to Eric the Victorious of Sweden and then to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, giving the former a son, Olof, and the latter two sons, Harald and Cnut. Because a documented sister of Cnut seems to have borne the Polish name Swietoslawa, it has been speculated that this may also have been the name of their mother, the Polish princess of the chroniclers.
The Icelandic sagas give her role as successive queen of these two monarchs to Sigrid the Haughty, daughter of Skagul Toste. This account is considered less reliable than the contemporary chroniclers by a number of scholars, according to Birgitta Fritz in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon,[1] and the historical authenticity of Sigrid is viewed skeptically. Snorre Sturlasson also mentions a Slavic princess he calls Gunhild of Wenden, daughter of king Burislav of the Wends, the ancient Slavs inhabiting the northern regions of modern Poland, and it has been suggested that Gunhild may be a somewhat confused account of the sister of the Polish king Boleslaw I, described by the chroniclers.
Polish genealogist Rafal Prinke sees the German chroniclers as having combined the roles of two distinct wives of Sweyn Forkbeard, with the Polish princess actually being Gunhild, mother of Cnut, Harold and a daughter Swietoslawa, while he sees Sigrid the Haughty as an authentic subsequent wife of Sweyn as widow of Eric the Victorious, being mother of Eric's son, Olaf, and of Sweyn's daughter, Estrid. He further suggests although Swietoslawa was not the name of Sweyn's Polish wife, the name had a history in the family, that perhaps it was the name of the otherwise unknown wife of Mieszko's father, Siemomysl.
Swietoslava married Svend Hakonsson LADEJ King of Denmark [6458] [MRIN: 5391]. (Svend Hakonsson LADEJ King of Denmark [6458] was born on 17 April 963 in , , , Denmark,1529 died on 3 February 1014 in Gainsborough, , Lincolnshire, England 1529 and was buried in February 1014.)
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