 Queen Margrete is not described very closely as a person, and does not appear to have participated in politics, though she apparently protected her economic rights.She does seem to have accompanied her spouse on his travels around the country and to have played an active role as a queen.In 1238 and 1240, she was given an official gift of red fabric by Henry III of England, and it is possible that the illustrated English psalm book found in Norway from this age was a gift to her.