Ida Königsmarck
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Ida Henningsdotter Königsmarck (died 1450), was a Swedish noble and fief-holder, known for her legendary defense of Kastelholm Castle on Åland in Swedish Finland during the Engelbrekt Rebellion in 1433.
She was the daughter of the nobleman (d. c. 1415), a German immigrated nobleman and adviser of King Eric of Pomerania, and the sister of Governor Bengt Königsmarck of Kalmar; she was thus the paternal aunt of Kristina Königsmarck. She married nobleman (c. 1381-1416) firstly, and secondly to (d. 1432). Her second spouse was an adviser of King Eric from Holstein and the holder of the fief Kastelholm Castle, and after his death in 1432, she took over his position as fief-holder.
In 1433, the castle was besieged by the rebels during the Engelbrekt Rebellion. Her defense of the castle was described in the ('Charles Chronicle') and became legend:
- Fru Yda en utlänsk Qvinna;
- Bättre Konenungen henne trodde
- Än någon then i Sverige bodde;
- Thet var nu Svenskom til spott
- At Qvinna skulle råda Riksens Slott
- (Lady Ida a foreign woman:
- Thought of better by the king
- Than any living in Sweden;
- This was now when the Swedes decided
- That woman be entrusted with the defense of the royal castles)
Other sources claim that her son Otto Pogwisch organized the defense and that he surrendered to the rebels.
References[]
- Engelbrecht Engelbrechtssons historia, Eric Tundeld, 1784
- Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, band 21.
- Königsmarck, släkter, urn:sbl:11939, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, hämtad 2017-12-26.
- http://www.wisthbf.se/slott-torp/allmaent/Rosman-BS-del1-281.pdf
- 1450 deaths
- 15th-century Swedish nobility
- Women in 15th-century warfare
- Women in medieval European warfare
- Women in war in Sweden
- 15th-century Swedish women
- Swedish military personnel stubs