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The False Waldemar (died 1356), also known as the Wrong Waldemar, was an impostor who from 1348 to 1350 was invested with the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Charles IV. Life. The legitimate Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal was buried in 1319.
a resuscitated ascanier; the false waldemar. The wickedest and worst trouble of their raising was that of the resuscitated Waldemar (A.D. 1345): "False Waldemar," as he is now called in Brandenburg Books.
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The rule of Margrave Louis I was rejected by the domestic nobility of Brandenburg, and, after the death of Emperor Louis IV in 1347, the margrave was confronted with the False Waldemar, an imposter of the deceased Margrave Waldemar.
False Waldemar. Ancestry. References. External links. Waldemar, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. Waldemar the Great ( German: Waldemar der Große; c. 1280 – 14 August 1319), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal from 1308 until his death.
Jan 19, 2021 · Somewhat in line with the other answers, although with a happy end of sorts, is the story of the False Waldemar (der falsche Waldemar in German). A case with a real monarch - albeit not with one assumed to be dead - would be that of the Zhengtong emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty.
In 1348, an old man appeared in Brandenburg who claimed to be the Margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg who really died in 1319. This false Waldemar was recognized by the King of Poland, and other neighboring rulers. He was welcomed by a large number of the people in Brandenburg.
There is a simple passageway to the side of Ruppiner Tor, known as the Waldemartor (Waldemar Gate). In the 14th century, the citizens of Grensee were conned by a “false Waldemar”. As punishment, they has to wall up the gate through which he entered the town unhindered and break open a smaller gate next to it in the town wall.
