Background
By marriage she was Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, although she died before her husband"s succeed her father-in-law.
Duke of Lolland Mecklenburg ruler
By marriage she was Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, although she died before her husband"s succeed her father-in-law.
She was potential heiress to the Danish throne and was the older sister of Margaret I of Denmark. Ingeborg was betrothed to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg after the death of Ingeborg"s older sister Margaret in 1350, who was betrothed to the Duke. She had two sisters named Margaret.
The marriage contract between Henry and Ingeborg was established in Dornburg October 23, 1350.
Ingeborg and Henry then married in 1362. They had the following children:
Euphemia (d 1400), married to John V, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
Albert IV (1362–1388), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Elisabeth of Holstein
Maria (1363–1403), wife of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania
Ingeborg (1368–1408), a nun in Ribnitz 1376, where she was the abbess 1395–1408
Ingeborg was potential heir to the Danish throne in 1363 upon the death of her only surviving brother Christopher, Duke of Lolland.
However, Denmark was an elective monarchy, and also, Ingeborg did not outlive her father, she died on 16 June 1370, aged twenty-three. Ingeborg"s father died five years after in an attack of gout without appointing an heir.
The succession of to the Danish throne was disputed.
The Estates of Denmark met at Odense to elect the next king. With Albert III, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ingeborg"s brother-in-law, on the Swedish throne, the Danish may not want another Mecklenburg ruler in Scandinavia. He became the first monarch of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Her last surviving descendants was Christopher of Bavaria who succeeded Eric as ruler of the Kalmar Union.