Background
In 1250, when Jutta was around four years old, her father was murdered. Her mother remarried to Burgrave Burchard VIII of Magdeburg.
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Career
She was a younger sister of Queen Sophia of Sweden, and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, as well as an older sister of Agnes. Neither Jutta or Agnes could find pleasure in the tough and lonely monastic life. In 1272, Jutta journeyed to Sweden where she became the mistress to her brother-in-law, Valdemar.
The affair resulted in a child who was born in 1273.
The boy was named Erik although, some dispute this. The following year, Jutta was again placed in the convent of Saint Agneta, and Valdemar was forced to make a pilgrimage to Rome to ask for the Pope"s absolution.
According to legend, Queen Sophia said: I will never recover from this sorrow. Jutta remained in the convent for the rest of her life.
Judith died sometime between 1286 and 1295.
Sophia died in 1286.
Membership
Jutta was a member of the House of Estridsen.
