Abel, Lord of Langeland

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Lord of Langeland

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
Danish Royalty

House of Estridsen
Abel

Children
Valdemar III, Duke of Schleswig
Sophia, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg
Eric I, Duke of Schleswig
Abel, Lord of Langeland
Grandchildren
Margaret, Countess of Schwerin
Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig
Eric Longbone, Lord of Langeland
Margaret, Abbess of Zarrentin
Great Grandchildren
Eric II, Duke of Schleswig
Great-Great Grandchildren
Valdemar III
Helvig, Queen of Denmark

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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

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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 a fief the island of Langeland. Abel died on Easter Day 1279 in Svendborg and was buried in 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

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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

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Ancestors of Abel, Lord of Langeland

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| 8\. Valdemar I of Denmark|

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| 17\. Ingeborg of Kiev

| 4\. Valdemar II of Denmark|

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| 18\. Volodar, Prince of Minsk and Hrodno

| 9\. Sophia of Minsk|

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| 19\. Richeza of Poland

| 2\. Abel of Denmark|

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| 20\. Afonso I of Portugal

| 10\. Sancho I of Portugal|

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| 21\. Maud of Savoy

| 5\. Berengaria of Portugal|

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| 22\. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona

| 11\. Dulce of Aragon|

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| 23\. Petronila of Aragon

| 1\. Abel Abelsøn, Lord of Langeland|
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| 24\. Adolf II, Count of Holstein

| 12\. Adolf III, Count of Holstein|

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| 25\. Matilda of Schwarzburg

| 6\. Adolf IV, Count of Holstein|

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| 26\. Burchard II of Querfurt, Burgrave of Magdeburg

| 13\. Adelheid of Querfurt|

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| 27\. Matilda of Gleichen

| 3\. Matilda of Holstein|

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| 28\. Bernhard II, Lord of Lippe

| 14\. Hermann II, Lord of Lippe|

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| 29\. Heilwig of Are-Hostaden

| 7\. Heilwig of Lippe|

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| 30\. Simon, Count of Tecklenburg

| 15\. Oda of Tecklenburg|

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| 31\. Oda of Berg-Altena

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## References

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* Biography in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 1\. ed.

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