Christina Sverresdottir of Norway (Old Norse: Kristín Sverrisdóttir) (died 1213) was a Medieval Norwegian princess

Princess

Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

 and titular queen consort

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

, spouse of co-regent King Philip Simonsson

Philip Simonsson

Philip Simonsson was a Norwegian aristocrat and from 1207 to 1217 was the Bagler party pretender to the throne of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. -Background:...

.

Biography

Christina was the daughter of King Sverre Sigurdsson

Sverre of Norway

Sverre Sigurdsson was king of Norway from 1177 to 1202. He married Margareta Eriksdotter, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric the Saint, by whom he had the daughter Kristina Sverresdotter....

 of Norway

Norway

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 (died 1202) and his queen consort, Margaret of Sweden

Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway

Margaret of Sweden was Norwegian queen consort as spouse of King Sverre of Norway.-Biography:Margaret was the daughter of King Eric IX of Sweden and queen Christina Björnsdotter. In 1189, she married Norwegian King Sverre...

. Her father died in 1202, and her mother returned to Sweden, being forced to leave Christina behind. Her marriage was arranged as a part of reconciliation between the Bagler and Birkebeiner parties: In 1208, with no side looking able to achieve victory, bishop Nikolas and the other bishops managed to broker a peace deal between the Baglers and the Birkebeiners. At the settlement of Kvitsøy

Kvitsøy

Kvitsøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the smallest municipality in Norway . Kvitsøy was separated from Mosterøy on 1 January 1923.The municipality is an archipelago situated northwest of the coast of the Stavanger peninsula...

, the Birkebeiner king, Inge II of Norway

Inge II of Norway

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, recognized Philip's rule over the eastern third of the country, in return for Philip giving up the title of king and recognizing Inge as his overlord. To seal the agreement, Philip was to marry king Sverre's daughter, Christina. In 1209, she married Philip Simonsson

Philip Simonsson

Philip Simonsson was a Norwegian aristocrat and from 1207 to 1217 was the Bagler party pretender to the throne of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. -Background:...

, king of the Bagler

Bagler

The Bagli Party or Bagler was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction was made up principally of the Norwegian aristocracy, clergy and merchants....

 party. She died in labour giving birth to their first child, a son, who also died soon after.

Succession