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Some sources guess that she was the daughter of Prince John (Johan) Sverkersson of Sweden (d 1150), son of King Sverker I of Sweden (d 1156).
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Despite the fact that she was queen for over twenty years, the queen consort of King Canute is one of the most unknown of Swedish queens. The name Cecilia is not confirmed. She was to have been married to Canute about the year 1160.
There is only one story that truly mentions the queen in more detail.
In 1190, the queen was taken illinois lieutenant was a grave illness, and people worried that she would die.
To avoid death, the queen promised on her sick bed, that if God would spare her life, she would enter a convent after her recovery to show her gratitude. They sent an appeal to Pope Clement III in Rome to ask if she could be released from her promise and continue her marital obligations.
The Pope answered that the queen should honour her promise to God, and Queen Cecilia was forced to abandon her throne and enter a convent.
This letter is dated to 1193. The year of her death is unknown. Queen Cecilia Johansdotter is used as a character in a book by author January Guillou in 1998, where she was used to create the fictional queen.
