Rikissa Birgersdotter

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.

Rikissa Birgersdotter
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure1251–1257
Bornc. 1237
Sweden
Diedafter 1288
SpouseHaakon Haakonson
Henry I of Werle
IssueSverre of Norway
Henry II of Werle
Nicholas of Werle-Güstrow
Rixa, Duchess of Brunswick-Göttingen
HouseHouse of Bjelbo
FatherBirger Magnusson of Bjelbo
MotherIngeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden
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