Ingeborg
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Ingeborg of Denmark was queen consort of France as the first wife of King Philip II Augustus. She was married to Philip in 1193, but he repudiated her the day after the wedding and sought an annulment. Ingeborg and her brother appealed to the pope, and her case, marked by reconciliations with Philip driven by policy rather than affection, continued for years. Her brother, the king of Denmark, had an old claim to the English throne, which Philip may have been interested in pursuing when he married Ingeborg.1
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Philip IIInternal affairs of Philip II…of Hainaut, he had married Ingeborg, sister of the Danish king Canute IV, on August 14, 1193, and on the next day, for a private reason, had resolved to separate from her. Having procured the annulment of his marriage by an assembly of bishops in November 1193, he took a…
Read More…of Hainaut, he had married Ingeborg, sister of the Danish king Canute IV, on August 14, 1193, and on the next day, for a private reason, had resolved to separate from her. Having procured the annulment of his marriage by an assembly of bishops in November 1193, he took a…
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FranceForeign relations…as 1193, when he married Ingeborg, whose brother, the king of Denmark, had an old claim to the throne of England. When Philip, for private reasons, repudiated Ingeborg the day after the wedding and sought to have the marriage annulled, she and her brother appealed to the pope; her case,…
Read More…as 1193, when he married Ingeborg, whose brother, the king of Denmark, had an old claim to the throne of England. When Philip, for private reasons, repudiated Ingeborg the day after the wedding and sought to have the marriage annulled, she and her brother appealed to the pope; her case,…
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