Fan Casting Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France in Robin Hood and the House of Plantagenet (TV-Series)

The beautiful and tragic new wife of King Philip II of France, who abandons her almost immediately after their wedding day. Ingeborg is a high-status hostage of international diplomacy, purchased to secure Denmark’s fleet and loyalty. When Philip rejects her due to a rumored curse or physical defect, she is cast into a humiliating exile, becoming a political ghost in a French convent. She is a resilient survivor who refuses to consent to an annulment, using her status as the rightful Queen of France to constantly undermine Philip’s authority and keep the issue of the crown a political crisis for years to come.