National Shrines and Women’s Power: The History of Sophia of Minsk, Queen of Denmark

Abstract This article compares two national shrines, the Cross of Dagmar (Denmark) and St. Euphrosyne (Belarus), providing novel evidence that both crosses could have been made by same master. It has long contended allegedly belonged to Queen from Bohemia, first wife Danish king Valdemar II , son Sophia Minsk Great. A former director National Museum, Fritze Lindahl, was propose a hypothesis come Denmark together with via Minsk, Belarus. The purpose this is verify Lindahl’s hypothesis, combining Belarusian sources for time. paper also contributes queenship studies, taking out oblivion Sophia—a “forgotten queen” politics Baltic Sea region in 12th century.