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Born 1353 • Denmark
Died October 28, 1412 (aged 59) • Flensburg • Germany

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Marble effigy of Margaret I lies recumbent on her sarcophagus, wearing a crown and long robes, in the cathedral of Roskilde, Denmark.
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