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QueenconsortofNorwayRagnaNikolasdatterQueenconsortofNorwayReign114?–1157Diedafter3February1161SpouseØysteinHaraldssonFatherNikolasMåseRagnaNikolasdottir(fl.1140s–1161)wasamedievalNorwegianqueenconsortofKingEysteinIIofNorway(ØysteinHaraldsson).[1]Biography[edit]RagnaNikolasdottirwasthedaughterofNikolasMåsefromSteiginSør-FroninGudbrandsdalen.HermarriagetoKingEysteinwasprobablymadeafewyearsafterhearrivedinNorwayduring1142.Thesagadoesnotmentionanychildreninconnectionwiththeirmarriage.Ragnawaswid...
Queen consort of Norway
Ragna NikolasdatterQueen consort of NorwayReign114?–1157Diedafter 3 February 1161SpouseØystein HaraldssonFatherNikolas MåseRagna Nikolasdottir (fl. 1140s – 1161) was a medieval Norwegian queen consort of King Eystein II of Norway (Øystein Haraldsson).[1]
Biography[edit]Ragna Nikolasdottir was the daughter of Nikolas Måse from Steig in Sør-Fron in Gudbrandsdalen. Her marriage to King Eystein was probably made a few years after he arrived in Norway during 1142. The saga does not mention any children in connection with their marriage. Ragna was widowed when King Eystein was captured and killed by troops of his half-brother King Inge I of Norway during the summer 1157, somewhere in the area of present-day Bohuslän.
Three years later in 1160, Ragna was betrothed this time with King Inges half-brother, Orm Ivarsson, who would later become a prominent leader during the reign of King Magnus V of Norway. The wedding was scheduled to take place d...