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Contents. hide. (Top) Early life. Duke of Schleswig and conflict with the King. Murder of King Eric. Renewed conflict with the King. Death. Marriage and issue. Ancestry. References. Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig. Valdemar IV Eriksøn (born c. 1262, died 1312) was Duke of Schleswig from 1283 until his death in 1312.
In the 1330s, Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig (previous king of Denmark as Valdemar III) made an alliance with Valdemar IV against his uncle, Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, and arranged a marriage between Valdemar IV and his sister, Helvig of Schleswig.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Valdemar IV Eriksøn (born c. 1262, died 1312) was Duke of Schleswig from 1283 until his death in 1312. He was the eldest son of Duke Eric I of Schleswig and Margaret of Rugia. Quick Facts Duke of Schleswig, Tenure ... Close. Early life.
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May 14, 2018 · views 3,633,283 updated Jun 27 2018. Waldemar IV (1320–75) ( Waldemar Atterday) King of Denmark (1340–75). After a century of disintegration, he restored the Danish kingdom by a mixture of force, diplomacy, and persuasion. In 1367, his enemies, including the Hanseatic League, combined to drive him from the country.
Jul 12, 2020 · The fragile balance achieved by these compromises was quickly upended on November 22, 1286, when Erik V was murdered by unknown assailants in Finderup. The murder would leave a faction of aristocrats, led by the queen dowager and Valdemar IV, duke of Schleswig, as regents.
Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar IV Atterdag (born c. 1320, Denmark—died October 24, 1375, Zealand) was the king of Denmark (1340–75) who united his country under his own rule after a brief period of alien domination. His aggressive foreign policy led to conflict with Sweden, North German principalities, and the North German trading centres of the Hanseatic League .
At the death of his father Duke Eric I in 1272, Valdemar was only about 10 years old. For the following ten years, King Eric V of Denmark, feudal overlord over the Duchy of Schleswig, refused to install Valdemar in his father's duchy. Only in 1283, at a meeting of the Danehof in the city of Vordingborg, did the Danish magnates force King Eric ...
