caption father house death_date mother birth_place death_place religion birth_date spouse image article_title name
statue in covarrubias , spain , a copy was later erected of in tønsberg infanta christina made by artist brit sørensen haakon iv of norway fairhair 1262 margrét skúladóttir bergen , norway seville , castile roman catholicism 1234 infante philip of castile covarrubias - estatua de la princesa kristina.jpg christina of norway , infanta of castile
 christina of norway
christina of norway , infanta of castile

christina of norway -lrb- ; 1234 -- 1262 -rrb- was the daughter of håkon iv and his wife , margrete skuledotter .
she was born in bergen .
as part of an alliance she was betrothed to philip , brother of alfonso x of castile .
they married in 1258 , and she lived in castile until her death four years later .
tradition states that christina desired that a church dedicated to st olaf should be built in castile .
750 years later , `` a modernized version of simple pre-roman church '' was built and dedicated in covarrubias , spain .
