293:. She was in dispute with the monks about the ownership to the land upon which the convent had been founded, as she considered it as an inheritance after her relative, lady Sigrid. She is claimed to have harassed the monks: a chronicle accuses her of sending women into the convent to dance naked before the monks. This forced the
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did not have royal forebears. According to later tradition, Erik took royal titles in 1150. Six years later, he became king after the assassination of
Sverker, and Christina became the Queen of Sweden. Her queenship probably lasted for four years, from 1156 to 1160.
241:. It has been calculated that she was born no earlier than c. 1122, which fits with the approximate birthdate of her future husband Erik (c. 1120–25). She was made fatherless in 1134, when her father Prince Björn was murdered by order of his uncle, King
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