Svend III and Adele

[norwegianne]

Name: Svend III Grathe

Birth: 1125

Child of: Erik II Emune & Thunna

Reign: Co-King of Denmark: 1146–1157

Marriage: Adele

Children: Erik & Luitgard

Death: 1157

Throne passed to: Valdemar I

 

[Blog Real]

Illustration of Svend III in the 13th-century Saxon World Chronicle.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Swen.jpg

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Why did Queen Adele want to abandon Danish customs in favor of German ones?