Background
She was the eldest child and only daughter of Henry I the Pilgrim, Lord of Mecklenburg by his wife Anastasia, daughter of Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania.
She was the eldest child and only daughter of Henry I the Pilgrim, Lord of Mecklenburg by his wife Anastasia, daughter of Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania.
The alliance between Dukes Bolesław the Pious of Greater Poland and Barnim I of Pomerania was sealed with the marriage between Przemysł II -Bolesław"s nephewand Ludgarda -Barnim I"s granddaughter-. The wedding ceremony was performed in the city of Szczecin, in 1273. After a happy beginning, the relationship between the couple became more complicated due to Ludgarda"s apparent infertility after almost ten years of marriage.
Even is believed that they became separated shortly before her death.
Ludgarda died suddenly in Gniezno, and was buried in the local Cathedral on 14 December 1283, probably a few days after her death. However, modern historiography believed in the innocence of Przemysł World War II