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Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. When Ingeborg's brother King Eric XI died in 1250, though a child, Valdemar was elected king and crowned the following year in the cathedral at Linköping. [1] During the first sixteen years of Valdemar's reign, it was Birger Jarl who ...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Crusades. Valdemar I (born Jan. 14, 1131, Denmark—died May 12, 1182, Denmark) was the king of Denmark (1157–82) who ended the Wend (Slav) threat to Danish shipping, won independence from the Holy Roman emperor, and gained church approval for hereditary rule by his dynasty, the Valdemars. The son of Knud Lavard, duke of South Jutland, and a ...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar Birgersson (born 1243—died Dec. 26, 1302) was the king of Sweden (1250–75) who governed jointly with his father Birger Jarl ( q.v.) until the latter’s death in 1266 and then reigned alone. Because of an extramarital affair with his wife’s sister, a postulant nun, by whom he had a child, Valdemar in 1274 made a pilgrimage to ...
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In 1355, Prince Eric XII of Sweden had rebelled against his father, King Magnus IV of Sweden, taking Skåne and other parts of Sweden. King Magnus turned to Valdemar and entered into an agreement with him for help with Erik. Erik suddenly died in 1359. Valdemar crossed the Sound with an army and forced Magnus to give up Helsingborg in 1360.
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Other articles where Valdemar’s War is discussed: Sweden: Code of law: In 1361 Valdemar attacked Gotland and captured Visby, an important Baltic trading centre. Haakon, who had been made king of Sweden in 1362, and Margaret were married in 1363. Magnus’s opponents among the nobility went to Mecklenburg and persuaded Duke Albert’s son, also named Albert, to attack Sweden;…
Valdemar (English: Waldemar; Swedish language: Valdemar Birgersson 1239 – 26 December 1302) was King of Sweden from 1250–1275. Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. When her brother King Eric XI died in 1250, though a child Valdemar was elected king and crowned the following year. During the first sixteen years of his ...
