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- After prolonged negotiations, he agreed to retain only Rügen and Estonia beyond the Baltic as a condition of release; in addition, he surrendered his sons and many hostages and paid a heavy ransom. In 1227 he launched a counteroffensive but was decisively defeated at Bornhöved, and his North German empire was finished.
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Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar II was the king of Denmark (1202–41) who, between 1200 and 1219, extended the Danish Baltic empire from Schleswig in the west to include lands as far east as Estonia. In his later years he worked to unify Denmark’s legal and administrative systems.
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To demonstrate their powerlessness, but religion was a secondary concern for Valdemar: his main aims were to seize plunder and territory, and end Wendish pirate raids on Denmark. Decisive success came in 1168, when Valdemar plundered and burned the cliff-top sanctuary of the Wendish high-god Svantovit at Arkona on Rügen.
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