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Margaret I ( Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. [3] [4] [5] She had been queen consort of Norway from ...
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This Danish princess, second daughter of Waldemar IV Atterdag, king of Denmark, and Queen Helvig of Denmark , spent only the first ten years of her life at her father's court on the island of Sealand. In her 11th year (1363), she was married to the Norwegian king, Haakon VI, and shortly thereafter was sent to the castle of Akershus near Oslo to ...
Margaret I was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. She had been queen consort of Norway from 1363 to 1380 and of Sweden from 1363 to 1364 by marriage to Haakon VI. Margaret was known as a wise, energetic and capable leader, who governed with ...
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Margaret I (born 1353, Søborg, Den.—died Oct. 28, 1412, Flensburg) was the regent of Denmark (from 1375), of Norway (from 1380), and of Sweden (from 1389), who, by diplomacy and war, pursued dynastic policies that led to the Kalmar Union (1397), which united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden until 1523 and Denmark and Norway until 1814. Rise to power.
Margaret, Queen of Scots. Frederick I. v. t. e. Modern grave of Queen Margaret at Cambuskenneth Abbey. Margaret of Denmark (23 June 1456 – 14 July 1486) was Queen of Scotland from 1469 to 1486 by marriage to King James III. She was the daughter of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and Dorothea of Brandenburg .
Margaret Valdemarsdatter (Norwegian: Margrete Valdemarsdotter) (1353 – October 28, 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union which joined the Scandinavian countries for over a century. She died in 1412, and her grave stands behind the high altar in the Roskilde Cathedral, near Copenhagen.
