Queen consort of Denmark

Gertrude of Bavaria

Queen consort of Denmark
Tenure| 1182–1197

Born| 1152/55
Died| 1 June 1197
Burial|

Vä, Skåne

Spouse|

Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia

(m. 1166; died 1167)​

Canute VI of Denmark

(m. 1177)​

House| Welf
Father| Henry the Lion
Mother| Clementia of Zähringen

Gertrude of Bavaria (Danish and German: Gertrud; 1152/55–1197) was Duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Duke Frederick IV, and Queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Canute VI.

Gertrude was born to Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony and Clementia of Zähringen in either 1152 or 1155. She was married to Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, in 1166, and became a widow in 1167. In 1171 she was engaged and in February 1177 married to Canute of Denmark in Lund. The couple lived the first years in Skåne. On 12 May 1182, they became king and queen. She did not have any children. During her second marriage, she chose to live in chastity and celibacy with her husband. Arnold of Lübeck remarked of their marriage, that her spouse was: "The most chaste one, living thus his days with his chaste spouse" in eternal chastity.

## References[edit]

* Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
* Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (What happened when in Nordic history) (1997)
* Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VI. Bind. Gerson - H. Hansen (in Danish)

Gertrude of Bavaria

House of Welf

Danish royalty
Preceded by

Sofia of Minsk

|  Queen consort of Denmark
1182–1197  | Succeeded by

Dagmar of Bohemia

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Danish royal consorts

* Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1972–2018)
* Ingrid of Sweden (1947–1972)
* Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1912–1947)
* Louise of Sweden (1906–1912)
* Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1863–1898)
* Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1839–1848)
* Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel† (1808–1839)
* Caroline Matilda of Great Britain† (1766–1775)
* Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel† (1752–1766)
* Louise of Great Britain† (1746–1751)
* Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach† (1730–1746)
* Anne Sophie Reventlow† (1721–1730)
* Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1699–1721)
* Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel† (1670–1699)
* Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1648–1670)
* Anne Catherine of Brandenburg† (1597–1612)
* Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1572–1588)
* Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg† (1534–1559)
* Sophie of Pomerania† (1523–1533)
* Isabella of Austria†‡ (1515–1523)
* Christina of Saxony†‡ (1481–1513)
* Dorothea of Brandenburg†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481)
* Philippa of England†‡ (1406–1430)
* Helvig of Schleswig (1340–1374)
* Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (1330–1331)
* Euphemia of Pomerania (1320–1326 & 1329–1330)
* Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1296–1319)
* Agnes of Brandenburg (1273–1286)
* Margaret Sambiria (1252–1259)
* Matilda of Holstein (1250–1252)
* Jutta of Saxony (1239–1250)
* Eleanor of Portugal (1229–1231)
* Berengaria of Portugal (1214–1221)
* Dagmar of Bohemia (1205–1213)
* Gertrude of Bavaria (1182–1197)
* Sophia of Minsk (1157–1182)
* Helena of Sweden (1156–1157)
* Adela of Meissen (1152–1157)
* Lutgard of Salzwedel (1144–1146)
* Malmfred of Kiev† (1134–1137)
* Ragnild Magnusdotter [no] (1134–1135)
* Richeza of Poland‡ (1134-1134)
* Ulvhild Håkansdotter‡ (1130–1134)
* Margaret Fredkulla† (1104–1130)
* Boedil Thurgotsdatter (1095–1103)
* Ingegerd of Norway‡ (1086–1095)
* Adela of Flanders (1080–1086)
* Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter (1076–1080)
* Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir‡ (1050–1052)
* Gyda of Sweden (1048–1049)
* Emma of Normandy† (1018–1035)
* Sigrid the Haughty/Świętosława/Gunhild of Wenden†‡
* Gyrid of Sweden (980s)
* Tove of the Obotrites† (970s ?)
* Gunhild (960s ?)
* Thyra (– 930s – 958(?))
* Asfrid Odinkarsdatter [de] (– 930s –)

* † also Queen of Norway
* ‡ also Queen of Sweden

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