Ingeborg of Holstein

Who was Ingeborg of Holstein?

Ingeborg of Holstein, was Abbess of Vadstena Abbey 1447-1452 and 1457-1465.

She was the daughter of Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg and Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1408, she was placed in the convent by Queen Margaret I of Denmark by consent of the Pope. In 1447, she was appointed Abbess. Ingeborg was the maternal aunt of King Christian I of Denmark, which was likely the cause to why King Charles VIII of Sweden 25 April 1452 demanded that she and the confessor of the abbey, Magnus Unnonis, should be deposed.Bishop Nils König of Linköping saw no cause for this, but both Ingeborg and Unnonis stepped down in May. They were reinstated in their positions in 1457.