Margareta Clausdotter (died 10 December 1486) was a Swedish writer and genealogist, a Roman Catholic

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of the

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order and from 1473 until her death,

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of the

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. Christina Brask translated the Antiphonarium for her.Liedgren, Jan
"Margareta Clausdotter"
Svenskt biografiskt lexikon She is best known for the chronicle she authored on the family of Saint Bridget, which includes some legends and stories not known from any other sources. Her chronicle influenced later historical and genealogical writers. One story, about ''"Bengt Lagman"'', the king's brother who marries a woman of humbler origins, ''"Sigrid the Beautiful"'', has been most famously retold in the play ''Bröllopet på Ulfåsa'' (1865) by Swedish dramatist, Frans Hedberg (1828–1908) and the music written for the play by

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(1832–1876). ''Bengt Lagman'' was the story of Bengt Magnusson (died 1294), however the story for the most part disagrees with, or is at least not verified by, contemporary sources.Yngve Brilioth, "Bengt Magnusson", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 3, p. 194.

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* Brilioth, Yngve, "Bengt Magnusson", ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 3 (1922), p. 193–195. {{DEFAULTSORT:Margareta Clausdotter 1486 deaths Year of birth missing Bridgettine nuns Swedish genealogists Swedish Roman Catholic abbesses 15th-century Swedish women writers 15th-century Swedish writers Swedish women biographers 15th-century Swedish nobility 15th-century Swedish nuns Swedish biographers