Princess Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden

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"En i den moderna diskussionen förekommande uppgift, att drottningen hette Cecilia o var dotter till konung Sverker d ä, vilar på antaganden (Ahnlund 1945) om missuppfattningar vid traderingen av en nu i handskrift från början av 1300-talet känd annal. Dessa antaganden har fått ett bräckligt stöd av ett försök till tolkning av det svårlästa kvinnonamnet på en kyrkomålning i Dädesjö, Kron, där även namnet CANUTUS kan läsas (Karling). Brevets uppgift om K:s behov av samarbete med drottningens släktingar i kampen mot hedningarna utgör ett indicium mot uppfattningen, att hon var dotter till Sverker d ä, vilken även med hänsyn till fiendskapen mellan de båda familjerna förefaller osannolik".

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Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden'

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Family

Married around 1160, name of his wife is unknown

Children:

Jon Knutsson (slain November 1205 at Älgarås)

Knut Knutsson (slain November 1205 at Älgarås)

Joar Knutsson (slain November 1205 at Älgarås)

Erik Knutsson, who would defeat Sverker the Younger and become King of Sweden in 1208.
daughter, NN Knutsdotter (possibly Sigrid, or Karin), who is said to have married either jarl Knut Birgersson (and become mother of Magnus Broka), or married Magnus Broka himself (and with Magnus had a son Knut Magnusson, or, Knut Katarinason, claimant of Swedish throne and killed in 1251). Existence of this daughter is based on unclear mentions in old saga and chronicle material, and is to an extent accepted in research literature, to explicate Knut Magnusson's hereditary claim to the throne. This daughter was by necessity born in 1170s or 1180s. She is also proposed by old romantical-looking genealogies as mother of a Duke's daughter Cecilia Knutsdotter (by necessity born near 1208 at earliest), whose parentage however is fully shrouded in mists of history.

Despite the fact that she was queen for over twenty years, the queen consort of King Canute is one of the most unknown of Swedish queens. Neither her name, her parents or her birth and death years are confirmed. Some sources guess that she was the daughter of Prince John (Johan) Sverkersson of Sweden (d. 1150), son of King Sverker I of Sweden (d. 1156).[1] The name Cecilia is not confirmed. She was to have been married to Canute about the year 1160.[1] In 1167, seven years later, her husband became King and she was made Queen of Sweden. There is only one story that truly mentions the queen in more detail. In 1190, the queen was taken ill. It was a grave illness, and people worried that she would die. To avoid death, the queen promised on her sick bed, that if God would spare her life, she would enter a convent after her recovery to show her gratitude. Eventually, she recovered from her sickness, but did not wish to become a nun, nor did her husband wish it. They sent an appeal to Pope Clement III in Rome to ask if she could be released from her promise and continue her marital obligations. The Pope answered that the queen should honour her promise to God, and Queen Cecilia was forced to abandon her throne and enter a convent. This letter is dated to 1193.[1] The year of her death is unknown.[citation needed]

Cecilia Blanka

Queen Cecilia Johansdotter is used as a character in a book by author Jan Guillou in 1998, where she was used to create the fictional queen, Cecilia Blanka.

Död 1196-04-08. [1] 

Begravd i Varnhem 

Källor 1. G. Molin släktbok

Cecilia gick i kloster år 1190