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  1. Margaret I was the regent of Denmark (from 1375), of Norway (from 1380), and of Sweden (from 1389), who, by diplomacy and war, pursued dynastic policies that led to the Kalmar Union (1397), which united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden until 1523 and Denmark and Norway until 1814. The daughter of King.

  2. Margaret I the Great. Queen Regnant of Scandinavia. When widowed, she ruled as Margaret I of Denmark 1387-1412 and also of Norway and Sweden from 1388, with Fullmighty Lady Householder and Guardian Fru Husbonde och Fullmäktig Förmyndare as her only formal title.

  3. Who was Margaret I of Denmark? Margaret I of Denmark, also known as Margaret the Great, was a medieval queen who ruled Denmark, Norway, and Sweden during the late 14th and early 15th centuries. What were Margaret I's major achievements?

  4. Margaret thus acquired a southern German ally, who could be useful as a counterweight to the northern German Princes and cities. Death. Margaret died suddenly on board her ship in Flensburg Harbor on 28 October 1412.

  5. Margaret Valdemarsdatter (Norwegian: Margrete Valdemarsdotter) (1353 – October 28, 1412) was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union which joined the Scandinavian countries for over a century. She died in 1412, and her grave stands behind the high altar in the Roskilde Cathedral, near Copenhagen.

  6. Margaret I of Denmark was born around 1353 in Soborg, Denmark. The daughter of King Valdemar IV and Queen Helvig, the couple arranged for Margaret to marry King Haakon VI of Norway in 1363. Her parents hoped that Margaret’s marriage would strengthen the kingdom’s standing.

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  8. Born in 1353; died on board her royal ship anchored in Flensburg's harbor on October 28, 1412; second daughter of Valdemar IV also known as Waldemar IV Atterdag, king of Denmark (r. 1340–1375), and Queen Helvig of Denmark (sister of Waldemar III, duke of Schleswig); sister of Ingeborg (1347–1370); married Haakon VI (1338–1380), king of ...

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