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Apr 25, 2024 · Two years later, due to an illness, Count Adolph was able to buy his way out of prison by ceding all of Schleswig, north of the Elbe, to Duke Valdemar. In November 1202, Duke Valdemar's elder brother, King Canute VI, unexpectedly died childless. Reign Danish realm under King Valdemar II. Duke Valdemar was subsequently proclaimed king at the ...
VALDEMAR IV., king of Denmark (c. 1320-1375), was the youngest son of Christopher II. of Denmark. Valdemar was brought up at the court of the German emperor, Louis of Bavaria, during those miserable years when the realm of Denmark was partitioned among Holstein counts and German Ritter, while Scania, “the bread-basket” of the monarchy, sought deliverance from anarchy under the protection ...
Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig 25. Margaret of Rügen (d. 1272) 6. Eric II, Duke of Schleswig 26. ...
Olaf II & IV. Margaret I ( Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter, Norwegian: Margrete Valdemarsdotter, Swedish: Margareta Valdemarsdotter, Icelandic: Margrét Valdimarsdóttir) (1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union, which united the Scandinavian countries for over a century.
Monday, 25 April 2016, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0. Margaret was born in March 1353, in an era where female rule was practically unthinkable. She was the sixth and youngest child of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Schleswig. She was baptised at Roskilde and by the age of six was already betrothed to the 18-year-old King Haakon VI of Norway.
In 1218, when his older half-brother Valdemar the Young was crowned king as their father's co-ruler and designated heir, he was created Duke of Schleswig. After the premature death of Valdemar in 1231, Eric was crowned king at Lund Cathedral 30 May 1232 as his father's co-ruler and heir.
Nov 13, 2023 · Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning A New Dawn) or Waldemar (c. 1320 24 October 1375) Danish Valdemar Atterdag, was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He was the youngest son of Christopher II and spent most of his childhood and youth in exile at the court of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
