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Jutta of Denmark

Field	Value
title	Abbess of St. Agneta
reign	1266-1270
issue	Erik of Sweden (Illegitimate)
house	House of Estridsen
father	Eric IV of Denmark
mother	Jutta of Saxony
birth_date	1246
death_date	1286/95
religion	Roman Catholicism

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Jutta of Denmark also known as Judith (1246-1286/95) was a daughter of Eric IV of Denmark and his wife Jutta of Saxony. She was a younger sister of Queen Sophia of Sweden, and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, as well as an older sister of Agnes. Jutta was also mistress for a brief period of time to her brother-in-law Valdemar, King of Sweden. Jutta was a member of the House of Estridsen.

Life

In 1250, when Jutta was around four years old, her father was murdered. Her mother remarried to Burgrave Burchard VIII of Magdeburg. Her two eldest sisters Sophia and Ingeborg were soon married off, while Jutta and her sister Agnes were placed in St. Agnes' Priory, Roskilde. Neither Jutta or Agnes could find pleasure in the tough and lonely monastic life.

In 1269, her sister queen Sophia of Sweden stopped at their father's grave in Denmark on a visit to her sisters, Agnes and Jutta in Roskilde. In 1272, Jutta journeyed to Sweden where she became the mistress to her brother-in-law, Valdemar. The affair resulted in a child who was born in 1273. The boy was named Erik although, some dispute this. The following year, Jutta was again placed in the convent of St. Agneta, and Valdemar was forced to make a pilgrimage to Rome to ask for the Pope's absolution. According to legend, Queen Sophia said: I will never recover from this sorrow. Curse the day my sister saw the kingdom of Sweden Sophia and Valdemar later separated.

Jutta remained in the convent for the rest of her life. Eric V of Denmark (Jutta's cousin) denied Jutta and Agnes their rightful inheritance from their father; this, however, was settled in 1284 when the sisters received their inheritance. Judith died sometime between 1286 and 1295. Around the same time, Agnes supposedly married her cousin Eric Longbone, Lord of Langeland. Sophia died in 1286.

Ancestry

References

Brenner, p. 270
Christer Öhman (Swedish): Helgon, bönder och krigare. Berättelser ur den svenska historien (Saints, farmers and warriors. Stories from the history of Sweden)
Regesta Diplomatica Danica 1348, p. 166
Line, Philip.. (2007). "Kingship and state formation in Sweden, 1130-1290". Brill.
Brenner, S. Otto.. (1978). "Nachkommen Gorms des Alten : (König von Dänemark - 936- ) : I.-XVI. Generation". Dansk Historisk Haandbogsforlag.
Kønigsfeldt, J. P. F.. (1856). "Genealogisk-historiske Tabeller over de nordiske Rigers Kongeslægter.".

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