Philippa of England (Queen of Denmark)

    Philippa of England was born of Henry of Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV of England, in Peterborough Castle on July fourth, 1394.
    In 1401, King Henry IV proposed to Queen Margaret I of Denmark an alliance between England and Denmark, by way of an English heir to the throne to Catherine, sister to the heir of the Nordic thrones, but Margaret could not agree with the English conditions to this arrangement, therefore, Philippa was engaged to Eric of Pomerania, and declared Queen in 1405. She was married to Eric on October 6, 1406 in Lund Cathedral. She was the first recorded princess to wear a white wedding dress for a royal wedding ceremony. She wore a white tunic with a white silk cloak bordered with grey squirrel and ermine. She received large parts of Sweden as her dowry. That is where she spent most of her rule.
    Philippa gave birth to a stillborn boy in 1429 and died on January seventh in 1430.