Ingeborg

Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg, combining the theonym Ing with the element borg "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Norwegian most used variant of the name, and Ingibjörg is the Icelandic variant.

==People== ===Pre-modern era=== thumb|Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France Ordered chronologically Ingeborg, 10th century mother of Ragnvald Ulfsson Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter (10th–11th century), daughter of Tryggve Olafsson (died 963), granddaughter of Harald Fairhair and sister of Olaf I of Norway Ingeborg of Kiev (), mother of Valdemar I of Denmark Ingibjörg Hakonsdóttir Of Orkney (fl. 12th century) wife of Óláfr Guðrøðarson king of Isle of Man Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174–1237), wife of Philip II of France and daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (c. 1212 – c. 1254), daughter of King Erik Knutsson of Sweden, wife of Birger Jarl and mother of King Valdemar of Sweden Ingeborg of Kalundborg (died 1267), influential Danish noble Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of Norway (c. 1244 – 1287), wife of Magnus VI and daughter of Eric IV Ingeborg Birgersdotter (c. 1253 – 1302), duchess consort of Saxony Ingeborg of Sweden (1263–1292), Swedish princess and countess consort Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277–1319), Swedish princess and Queen of Denmark Ingeborg Eriksdottir of Norway (1297–1357), Norwegian princess and Swedish royal duchess Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1343/45 – 1395), electress consort of Brandenburg and Countess of Holstein-Rendsburg, daughter of Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg and his wife, Euphemia of Sweden Ingeborg of Norway (1301–1361), Norwegian duchess, Swedish royal duchess and sometime regent of Norway and Sweden Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1347–1370), wife of Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark Ingeborg of Holstein (1396–1465), Swedish Roman Catholic Abbess of Vadstena Abbey Ingeborg Tott (died 1507), consort of the Swedish regent Sten Sture the elder