Career
Lady Ingerd"s parents had her marry Lord Nils Henriksson, whose family also had some claim to Austrått. Thus the important manor of Austrått manor, in the Trondheimsfjord, with its associated lands, were settled to be Inger"s share of the family inheritance. Her husband became both Chancellor and Lord High Steward of Norway.
She was widowed in 1523.
Her interests also targeted Swedish politics, in addition to Norway"son In 1526 she received the exiled chancellor Peder Sunnanväder.
And, later she practically joined attempts to dethrone Gustav I of Sweden. In 1528 the knight who claimed to be Nils Sture, the elder son of Sten Sture the Younger, the 1512-1520 Regent of Sweden (the boy"s identity remains controversial to this day: he either was the authentic Nils or he was an impostor), fled to Norway after his defeat and enjoyed the hospitality of Lady Inger.
She had plans to obtain the crown of Sweden for him, taking it from the Stures" kinsman king, Gustav Vasa.
Ultimately, nothing came of this and the young "Daljunkern" was executed later in Rostock at request of Gustav. Lady Inger and her family joined the Lutheran Reformation and promoted it extensively. Lucie had been the center of a social scandal of some substance in those times.
Niels Lykke had married Eline Nilsdatter, the third of five sisters of Nils Henriksson.
Neils was put to death for incest by Archbishop Engelbrektsson in 1535. Lady Ingerd formally transferred the title of Austrått to Lucie and Jens.
Records show that the transfer was confirmed by the king in 1552. There has been speculation that Lucie’s scandal allowed Jens, who descended from lesser nobility, to be considered "good enough" for Lucie.
In 1857, playwright Henrik Ibsen, then in his early career, wrote the play "Lady Inger of Ostrat" which loosely utilizes her intrigues towards Swedish throne as basis of drama.
The play is not fully accurate on historical and genealogical details.