Thyra Ingrid Hildegard Detter de Frankopan (born 1936)[1] is a Swedish scholar of international law, Lindhagen Professor Emerita at Stockholm University, a practising barrister, and the author of multiple books.
Detter earned a doctorate in 1962 from the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford; her dissertation was Treaty-making power of international organisations.
[2] She completed another doctorate in 1965 from Stockholm University; her dissertation was Law Making by International Organizations.
[3][4] As of 1988, she was Carl Lindhagen Professor of International Law at Stockholm University, and also held an affiliation with the London School of Economics.
Their daughter Paola married Lord Nicholas Windsor of the British royal family, becoming Lady Nicholas Windsor,[16] and their son Peter Frankopan, a historian and hotelier, married Sainsbury heiress Jessica Sainsbury.