Christina of Norway | |
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![]() Statue of Infanta Christina made by artist Brit Sørensen in Covarrubias, Spain, a copy was later erected in Tønsberg | |
Born | 1234 Bergen, Norway |
Died | 1262 (aged 27–28) Seville, Castile |
Burial | |
Spouse | Infante Philip of Castile |
House | Sverre |
Father | Haakon IV of Norway |
Mother | Margaret Skulesdatter |
Christina of Norway (Norwegian: Kristina Håkonsdotter; 1234 – 1262) was the daughter of Håkon IV and his wife, Margaret Skulesdatter. She was born in Bergen. As part of an alliance she was betrothed to Philip, brother of Alfonso X of Castile. They married in 1258, and she lived in Castile until her death four years later. Tradition states that Christina desired that a church dedicated to St Olaf should be built in Castile. 750 years later, "a modernized version of [a] simple pre-Roman church" was built and dedicated in Covarrubias, Spain.[1]
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