Berengaria (also spelt Beengjerd) of Portugal, was a Portuguese infanta, later Queen consort of Denmark. She was the fifth daughter of Portuguese King Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. She married Danish King Valdemar II in 1214 and was the mother of Danish kings Eric IV, Abel and Christopher I.
Berengaria was the tenth of eleven children born to her parents. By the age of seventeen in 1212, Berengaria was an orphan; her father died in 1212, while her mother had died in 1198.
Within seven years of marriage, the couple had four surviving children:
Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250), King of the Danes (1241–1250)
Sophie (1217–1247), married John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, had issue
Abel of Denmark (1218–1252), King of the Danes (1250–1252)
Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259), King of the Danes (1252–1259)
In 1221 Berengaria, after giving birth to three future kings, died in childbirth. Queen Berengaria is buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted, Denmark, on one side of Valdemar II, with Queen Dagmar buried on the other side of the King.
When queen Berengaria's grave was opened in 1885, they found her thick plait of hair, her finely formed skull and finely built body bones, proving the legends about her reported beauty.
She is noted to have made donations to churches and convents. Berengaria was the first Danish queen known to have worn a crown, which is mentioned in the inventory of her possessions (1225).
Berengaria was the tenth of eleven children born to her parents. By the age of seventeen in 1212, Berengaria was an orphan; her father died in 1212, while her mother had died in 1198.
Within seven years of marriage, the couple had four surviving children:
Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250), King of the Danes (1241–1250)
Sophie (1217–1247), married John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, had issue
Abel of Denmark (1218–1252), King of the Danes (1250–1252)
Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259), King of the Danes (1252–1259)
In 1221 Berengaria, after giving birth to three future kings, died in childbirth. Queen Berengaria is buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted, Denmark, on one side of Valdemar II, with Queen Dagmar buried on the other side of the King.
When queen Berengaria's grave was opened in 1885, they found her thick plait of hair, her finely formed skull and finely built body bones, proving the legends about her reported beauty.
She is noted to have made donations to churches and convents. Berengaria was the first Danish queen known to have worn a crown, which is mentioned in the inventory of her possessions (1225).
Berengaria (also spelt Beengjerd) of Portugal, was a Portuguese infanta, later Queen consort of Denmark. She was the fifth daughter of Portuguese King Sancho I and Dulce of Aragon. She married Danish King Valdemar II in 1214 and was the mother of Danish kings Eric IV, Abel and Christopher I.
Berengaria was the tenth of eleven children born to her parents. By the age of seventeen in 1212, Berengaria was an orphan; her father died in 1212, while her mother had died in 1198.
Within seven years of marriage, the couple had four surviving children:
Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250), King of the Danes (1241–1250)
Sophie (1217–1247), married John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, had issue
Abel of Denmark (1218–1252), King of the Danes (1250–1252)
Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259), King of the Danes (1252–1259)
In 1221 Berengaria, after giving birth to three future kings, died in childbirth. Queen Berengaria is buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted, Denmark, on one side of Valdemar II, with Queen Dagmar buried on the other side of the King.
When queen Berengaria's grave was opened in 1885, they found her thick plait of hair, her finely formed skull and finely built body bones, proving the legends about her reported beauty.
She is noted to have made donations to churches and convents. Berengaria was the first Danish queen known to have worn a crown, which is mentioned in the inventory of her possessions (1225).
Berengaria was the tenth of eleven children born to her parents. By the age of seventeen in 1212, Berengaria was an orphan; her father died in 1212, while her mother had died in 1198.
Within seven years of marriage, the couple had four surviving children:
Eric IV of Denmark (1216–1250), King of the Danes (1241–1250)
Sophie (1217–1247), married John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, had issue
Abel of Denmark (1218–1252), King of the Danes (1250–1252)
Christopher I of Denmark (1219–1259), King of the Danes (1252–1259)
In 1221 Berengaria, after giving birth to three future kings, died in childbirth. Queen Berengaria is buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted, Denmark, on one side of Valdemar II, with Queen Dagmar buried on the other side of the King.
When queen Berengaria's grave was opened in 1885, they found her thick plait of hair, her finely formed skull and finely built body bones, proving the legends about her reported beauty.
She is noted to have made donations to churches and convents. Berengaria was the first Danish queen known to have worn a crown, which is mentioned in the inventory of her possessions (1225).
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