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In 1154, at the age of circa fourteen, Sophia was betrothed to
Valdemar as a symbol of alliance between Sweden and Denmark: she was at this time described as a pretty girl with promise of becoming a beauty. In the marriage contract, she was secured an eighth of her half brother King Canute V's
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Denmark after the conclusion of the engagement in 1154, but as she was not yet regarded old enough to marry by Nordic standards, she was sent to reside with a foster mother named Bodil until she was old enough to live with Valdemar.
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Queen Sophia was described as beautiful, dominant and cruel. According to traditional myth, she murdered
Valdemar's mistress Tove and injured his sister Kirsten, but this is not confirmed.
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