Blanka of Namur
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Queen Blanche of Sweden and sometime also of Norway, (1320-1363) born as daughter of the Count of Namur.
Blanka married King Magnus Ericson of Sweden in 1335, and was given the landscape of Tunsberg in gift as a fief.
Together they had two sons, Eric and Haakon. It was agreed that Eric should inherit Sweden and Haakon Norway. When Haakon became Haakon VI of Norway in 1355, Eric rebelled against his father and was elevated to co-ruler of Sweden.
Queen Blanka is one of the most interesting of swedish medieval queens. Apparently, she was very politically and socially active and noticeble as a person and not only as a queen, as many storys and songs was made about her. In spite of the fact that her husband was homosexual and had an officiall lover and favourite, Bengt Algotsson, Duke of Finland, she seems to have a good relationship with him and practiced political influence; she was during a period of union between Sweden and Norway appointed as regent of parts of Norway by him, and was accused by people of having poisoned her stepdaughter Beatrix of Brandenburg.
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