Ingeborg of Kiev

Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev (fl. 1137) was a Ruthenian princess, married to the Danish prince Canute Lavard of Jutland.^[1]

Ingeborg of Kiev
Spouse	Canute Lavard
Issue	Margaret Hvitaledr Christine, Queen of Norway Catherine, Duchess of Mecklenburg Valdemar I of Denmark
House	Monomakhovichi (by birth) House of Estridsen (by marriage)
Father	Mstislav I of Kiev
Mother	Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden

She was the daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden and was in about 1117 married to Canute in a marriage arranged by her maternal aunt, the Danish queen Margaret Fredkulla.^[2][1] In 1130, she tried to prevent Canute from going to the gathering where he was to be murdered, but without success.

She gave birth to their son, Valdemar I of Denmark, in January 1131, after her husband's death.^[3][4] In 1137, she refused to support the suggestion of Christiern Svendsen to proclaim her son monarch after the death of her late husband's half-brother Erik Emune.^[5] Ingeborg is not mentioned after this, and the date of her birth and death are unknown.

Issue

• Margaret of Denmark; married Stig Hvitaledr
• Christine of Denmark (b. 1118); married (1133) Magnus IV of Norway
• Catherine of Denmark; married Pribislav Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg
• Valdemar I of Denmark (born 1131)