Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter

Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1076–1080
Born	unknown (before 1076)
Died	unknown (after 1080)
Burial	Roskilde Cathedral
Spouse	Harald III of Denmark
Father	Asbjörn Ulfsen

Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter or Margareta Asbjørnsdatter (11th century) was Queen consort of Denmark as the spouse of King Harald III.

Margareta was the daughter of jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen, possibly an uncle of her spouse; she would thereby have been her husband's cousin. No children are known from the marriage. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.

A DNA test in 2003 dispelled the centuries-old legend that Estrid Svendsdatter was buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid.

Literature

• Henning Dehn-Nielsen: Kings and Queens of Denmark. Kopenhaga: 2007. ISBN 978-87-89542-71-3.
• Kay Nielsen, Ib Askholm: Danmarks kongelige familier i 1000 år. 2007. ISBN 978-87-91679-09-4.

References

Preceded by Gunhild Sveinsdotter

Queen consort of Denmark 1076–1080

Succeeded by Adela of Flanders