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Helvig was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Schleswig, and Adelaide of Holstein-Rendsburg, and the sister of Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig. She was also a descendant of King Eric X of Sweden. Her date of birth is not known, but she and her brother were children at the time of her father's death in 1325, and she is estimated to have been born ...
In the course of history, the County of Holstein was several times partitioned among the inheriting sons into up to six lines. In 1386 King Oluf II of Denmark and his mother-regent, Queen Margaret I, enfeoffed in Nyborg Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsborg and his cognatic successors with the Duchy of Schleswig, which had been in the royal family's hands until 1375.
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Helvig of Denmark (fl. 1350s) Queen of Denmark. Name variations: Heilwig Ericsdottir; Helvig of Slesvig or Schleswig. Flourished in the 1350s; died around 1374; daughter of Erik, duke of Schleswig, and Adelheid of Holstein; sister of Valdemar or Waldemar III, duke of Schleswig; married Valdemar IV also known as Waldemar IV Atterdag, king of Denmark (r. 1340–1375), in June 1340; children ...
Valdemar III (1314–1364) was King of Denmark from 1326 to 1329, while he was underage; he was also Duke of Schleswig as Valdemar V in 1325–26 and from 1330 to 1364. He was a rival king set up against the unsuccessful Christopher II and was widely opposed by his subjects. His term was ended when he abdicated.
