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Euphemia of Pomerania. Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. [1] He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers.
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 .
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That Valdemar was a Dane mattered little in the equation e.g., he was an invader that sought to take away from them so he had to be resisted. That the city could keep rights by not resisting thus probably becomes instrumental in the outcome.
VALDEMAR IV., king of Denmark (c. 1 3 20 - 1 375), 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 ...
Reign of King Kordas Valdemar (10 AF) [] See Founding era. Reign of King Restil (estimated 55 AF) [] See Founding era. ♘ Since Kordas was roughly thirty (30) years old at the time of the Founding of the Kingdom of Valdemar, it is assumed that he ruled until his mid-to-late eighties before dying. Hypothesis: he was eighty-five (85).
The problem at King Erik's death in 1146 was that there were as many as three talented royal princes, who were candidates as king. They were Svend, son of Erik Emune, Knud, son of Magnus the Strong and Valdemar, son of Knud Lavard, who, however, was quite young at the time.
Under his father, King Christopher II, Denmark went bankrupt and was mortgaged out in parcels. King Valdemar IV sought to repay the debt and reclaim the lands of Denmark. The first opportunity came with his wife Helvig's dowry. The mortgage on the rest of northern Jutland was paid off by taxes collected from King Valdemar's peasants above the ...
