Margaret Sambiria 
Margaret was born about 1224 in Pomerelia, Gdansk, Poland. Margaret's father was Lord of Gdansk Sambor II and her mother was Mechtild von Mecklenburg. Her maternal grandfather was Nicholas Von Mecklenburg. She was an only child. She died in December 1282.General Notes
Margaret Sambiria
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Margaret Sambiria (1230?-1282) was the Queen consort of Christopher I of Denmark, and acted as regent for Eric V of Denmark. In Danish she is also known as Margrethe Sprænghest.
She was born daughter of duke Sambor II of the ruling family of Slavic (Vendic) Cassubians and his wife Mechtild of Mecklenburg. They held a lordship (then treated as duchy or principality) of so-called Pomerelia, in regions of Gdansk in what later was known as west Prussia. Her birth is approximately in 1230.
She was 1248 married to prince Christopher, the youngest son of Valdemar II of Denmark and Berengaria of Portugal. Her husband ascended the throne of Denmark in 1252 as Christopher I of Denmark by the then succession custom which followed so called agnatic seniority and Margaret was crowned together.
Her husband died 29 May 1259 (rumoredly poisoned). Their son and heir Eric V of Denmark who succeeded was a minor and Margaret was made regent, in which position she continued until 1264. Eric's succession overrode rights of sons of earlier monarchs and was against the traditions of agnatic seniority. However, only such living were sons of king Abel, who had the fame of fratricide, murderer, and it was easier to dispossess them. King Christopher had all his reign made work to ensure his own line's succession. Although the accession of Eric led to serious rivalry for generations, Christopher's line was usually victorious and kept the kingship.
She quarreled with lord Jakob Erlendsen and her husband's nephew Eric Abelson, as well as with counts of Holstein. After a loss in Lohede 1261 she together with her son the young king became imprisoned by Holsteins, but soon succeeded to liberty with help from Duke Albert of Brunswick. She took initiative. Margaret has a reputation of a very competent regent. Her nicknames "Spränghäst" and "Svarta Grete" are based on her strong will and energy. She died in December 1282 andis buried in a Cistercian Church in Doberan in northern Germany.
Margaret and Christopher had three children:
Matilda (died 1311), married to Albert III, margrave of Brandenburg
Margaret (died 1306), married count John II of Holstein-Kiel
Eric, the future king of Denmark (1249-1286).
A never-ending rivalry between Eric and his supporters on one side, and the kin of former King Abel on the other, made Queen Margrethe write to the Pope in Rome around 1262 or 1263, asking the Pope to allow for women to inherit the Danish throne, thus making it possible for one of Eric's sisters to become reigning Queen of Denmark in the event of the young King's death (he had no children as of yet). The Pope seemingly agreed.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1200 in Pomerelia, Gdansk, Poland
- b.~ 1224 in Pomerelia, Gdansk, Poland d.Dec 1282
- b.~ 1110 in Venden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany d.30 Dec 1178 in Luneburg, Hannover, Prussia
- b.1146 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Sachsen, Germany d.28 Jan 1227 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Sachsen, Germany
- b.~ 1100 in Bergen, Norway d.1134 in Bergen, Norway
- b.~ 1120 in Bergen, Norway d.1172 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Sachsen, Germany
- b.~ 1100 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1137
- b.~ 1174 in Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Sachsen, Germany d.28 Sep 1225 in Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Germany
- b.~ 1160 in Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany
- b.~ 1205 in Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Germany
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Details of Margaret's family with King of Denmark Christopher Valdemarsson
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