Abel, Lord of Langeland

Abel
Abel
	Lord of Langeland
Born	1252
Died	2 April 1279
Spouse	a daughter of Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin
Issue	Margaret, abbess of Zarrentin
House	Estridsen
Father	Abel of Denmark
Mother	Mechtild of Holstein

Abel Abelsøn (1252 – 2 April 1279), Lord of Langeland, was the third son of King Abel of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig and younger brother of Valdemar III, Duke of Schleswig and Eric I, Duke of Schleswig. As a member of the ducal family, he held several fiefs in Southern Denmark.

Life

Abel was born in 1252 as the third and posthumous son of King Abel of Denmark, Duke of Schleswig, by his wife, Mechtild of Holstein. In the settlement with his brother Eric after the death of their elder brother Duke Valdemar III, Abel received the cities of Svendborg, Rudkøbing and possibly also Faaborg on the island of Funen, and as fief the island of Langeland. Abel died on Easter Day 1279 in Svendborg and was buried in the city’s Greyfriars’ Abbey.

At his death, he left only a daughter Margaret, who entered the convent of Zarrentin in Mecklenburg and donated her father’s properties to her relatives, the counts of Holstein. They later sold it to King Eric VI of Denmark.

Marriage and issue

Abel appears to have married a daughter of Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin:

Margaret, abbess of Zarrentin. As abbess, she instituted a requiem mass for her father in 1317.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Abel, Lord of Langeland

16. Canute Lavard

8. Valdemar I of Denmark

17. Ingeborg of Kiev

4. Valdemar II of Denmark

18. Volodar, Prince of Minsk and Hrodno

9. Sophia of Minsk

19. Richeza of Poland

2. Abel of Denmark

20. Afonso I of Portugal

10. Sancho I of Portugal

21. Maud of Savoy

5. Berengaria of Portugal

22. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona

11. Dulce of Aragon

23. Petronila of Aragon

1. Abel Abelsøn, Lord of Langeland

24. Adolf II, Count of Holstein

12. Adolf III, Count of Holstein

25. Matilda of Schwarzburg

6. Adolf IV, Count of Holstein

26. Burchard II of Querfurt, Burgrave of Magdeburg

13. Adelheid of Querfurt

27. Matilda of Gleichen

3. Matilda of Holstein

28. Bernhard II, Lord of Lippe

14. Hermann II, Lord of Lippe

29. Heilwig of Are-Hostaden

7. Heilwig of Lippe

30. Simon, Count of Tecklenburg

15. Oda of Tecklenburg

31. Oda of Berg-Altena

References

Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 1. ed.

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