Margrethe of Roskilde [SEP] date of death
Margrethe of Roskilde
Margrethe of Roskilde, also called "Margrethe of Ølse" (d. 1176), was a Roman Catholic Danish local saint. She has been referred to as the only female saint in Denmark.
Margrethe was related to Bishop Absalon of Roskilde, and married to Herlog in Ølsemagle in Kjøge. In 1176, she was murdered by her spouse, who hanged her corpse to make it appear as if she had committed suicide. As a suicide, she was buried outside of church blessing at the beach of
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- November 5 – Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman
- "date unknown" – Margrethe of Roskilde, Danish local saint
- "probable"
- Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (b. 1150)
- Michael Aspietes, Byzantine general