widowed in 1182. Later life As queen dowager, Sophia received a proposal from, and married, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia in about 1184, and was escorted to the border by her son and a grand entourage. She was repudiated in 1190, and returned to Denmark. Issue Sophia had the following children with Valdemar I of Denmark: Sophia (1159–1208), married Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde King Canute VI of Denmark (1163–1202) Maria (born c. 1165), nun at Roskilde (1188) Margaret (born c. 1167), nun at Roskilde (1188) King Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241) Ingeborg (1175–1236), married King Philip II of France Helena (c.1177–1233), married William of Lüneburg Richeza of Denmark (c. 1180–1220), married King Eric X of Sweden References Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XVI. Bind. Skarpenberg - Sveistrup External links Sophie of Polotzk thepeerage.com 1140s births 1198 deaths Rurik dynasty Danish royal consorts Burials at St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted People from Polotsk Landgravines of Thuringia 12th-century Danish people 12th-century Danish women 12th-century Rus' people 12th-century Rus' women Belarusian people of Danish descent Russian people of Danish descent Polish people of Danish descent Remarried royal consorts Queen mothers