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- After the assassination of Gerhard in April 1340, Valdemar reached an agreement with John and was recognized as king of Denmark. Through his marriage to Helvig, sister of Valdemar, duke of Slesvig (Schleswig), Valdemar Atterdag obtained northern Jutland and extended his control to the remainder of the alienated Danish lands.
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Apr 12, 2024 · After the assassination of Gerhard in April 1340, Valdemar reached an agreement with John and was recognized as king of Denmark. Through his marriage to Helvig, sister of Valdemar, duke of Slesvig (Schleswig), Valdemar Atterdag obtained northern Jutland and extended his control to the remainder of the alienated Danish lands.
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Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers.
In 1340, when Valdemar was 19, he was elected King of Denmark. He wanted to make the small kingdom of Denmark into a powerful nation. He needed money in order to re-possess parts of his country. Therefore, he sold Estonia, which at the time belonged to Denmark, to the German military order, the Teutonic Knights. Little by little, Valdemar ...
Valdemar Atterdag was not king of the Kalmar Union, but his daughter Margrete 1. became queen of this Scandinavian Union. Valdemar Atterdag recreated Denmark and thus the possibility of the Kalmar Union with Norway and Sweden, one can say - with a little good will. The first Oldenburg kings were also Union kings - but only for short periods.
Redemption of the last mortgaged territories by Valdemar Atterdag : 1370: Peace of Stralsund: the war between Valdemar Atterdag and the Hanseatic towns ended: 1385: Oluf, son of Margaret I, came of age and was proclaimed king of Denmark and Norway: 1387: Death of King Oluf; Margaret I elected ‘regent lady and master’ 1397
During the period between Valdemar Atterdag’s accession in 1340 and King Hans’ death in 1513, Denmark became stronger in relation to the outside world. From being a mortgaged kingdom ruled by foreign princes, Denmark developed into a dominant power in the Nordic and Baltic Sea regions.
Back then, the flag was carried by the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag (Valdemar “ Another Day ”), probably taking inspiration from the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria who used a similar flag. For centuries, the Danish flag was a royal flag. In 1834, the king even prohibited ordinary citizens from using it.
