Rikissa Birgersdotter | |
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Queen consort of Norway | |
Tenure | 1251–1257 |
Born | c. 1237 Sweden |
Died | after 1288 |
Spouse | Haakon Haakonsson the Young Henry I of Werle |
Issue | Sverre Haakonson of Norway Henry II of Werle Nicholas of Werle-Güstrow Rixa, Duchess of Brunswick-Göttingen |
House | House of Bjelbo |
Father | Birger Magnusson of Bjelbo |
Mother | Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden |
Rikissa Birgersdotter, also known as Rixa, Richeza, Richilda and Regitze, (c. 1237 – after 1288) was Queen of Norway as the wife of the co-king Haakon Haakonson, and later Princess of Werle as wife of Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. [1]