Ingeborg of Denmark probably thought her life wouldn’t amount to much until she scored the marriage alliance of a lifetime with the King of France, but less than a few days after her wedding, her new husband was demanding a divorce, and Ingeborg would spend the next few decades of her life defending her place as the rightful Queen of France!

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