Helena (or Helene) Guttormsdotter was a Swedish noble and landholder, known as the Royal Mistress of King Valdemar II of Denmark.
Helena was the daughter of the Swedish earl Guttorm Jarl. She was the third wife to the Danish noble Esbern Snare and became the mother of Lady Ingeborg of Kalundborg. She was widowed in 1204, when she became Valdemar II's mistress, with whom she had Canute, Duke of Estonia. The relationship was terminated when he married Dagmar of Bohemia.
Helena returned to Sweden, where she founded the chapel Vår Frus kapell in Linköping. After her husband died Helena became the owner of Esbern's Castle at Kalundborg. She was a landholder in Sweden, and left her estates there to her son Canute after her death.
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Helena was the daughter of the Swedish earl Guttorm Jarl. She was the third wife to the Danish noble Esbern Snare and became the mother of Lady Ingeborg of Kalundborg. She was widowed in 1204, when she became Valdemar II's mistress, with whom she had Canute, Duke of Estonia. The relationship was terminated when he married Dagmar of Bohemia.
Helena returned to Sweden, where she founded the chapel Vår Frus kapell in Linköping. After her husband died Helena became the owner of Esbern's Castle at Kalundborg. She was a landholder in Sweden, and left her estates there to her son Canute after her death.
C.Smith
Helena (or Helene) Guttormsdotter was a Swedish noble and landholder, known as the Royal Mistress of King Valdemar II of Denmark.
Helena was the daughter of the Swedish earl Guttorm Jarl. She was the third wife to the Danish noble Esbern Snare and became the mother of Lady Ingeborg of Kalundborg. She was widowed in 1204, when she became Valdemar II's mistress, with whom she had Canute, Duke of Estonia. The relationship was terminated when he married Dagmar of Bohemia.
Helena returned to Sweden, where she founded the chapel Vår Frus kapell in Linköping. After her husband died Helena became the owner of Esbern's Castle at Kalundborg. She was a landholder in Sweden, and left her estates there to her son Canute after her death.
C.Smith
Helena was the daughter of the Swedish earl Guttorm Jarl. She was the third wife to the Danish noble Esbern Snare and became the mother of Lady Ingeborg of Kalundborg. She was widowed in 1204, when she became Valdemar II's mistress, with whom she had Canute, Duke of Estonia. The relationship was terminated when he married Dagmar of Bohemia.
Helena returned to Sweden, where she founded the chapel Vår Frus kapell in Linköping. After her husband died Helena became the owner of Esbern's Castle at Kalundborg. She was a landholder in Sweden, and left her estates there to her son Canute after her death.
C.Smith
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