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Valdemar I. Helena, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Valdemar I Knudsen (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great ( Danish: Valdemar den Store ), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II.
- 1154 – 12 May 1182
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- Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig
- Canute VI
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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Oct 22, 2023 · Valdemar I of Denmark (1131-1182), also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182. He was the son of Canute Lavard, a chivalrous and popular Danish prince, who was the eldest son of Eric I of Denmark. His father was murdered days before his birth; his mother, Ingeborg, daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev, named him after ...
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- "Valdemar Knudsen"
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- January 14, 1131
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Aug 21, 2023 · Soon after, Valdemar fought and defeated Sven in the battle of Grathe Hede. Having outlived his rival pretenders, Valdemar became sole ruler in 1157 and ruled as king for 25 years, until his death in 1182. In Valdemar's time, Denmark was strengthened both internally and externally through close cooperation between the king and Absalon, his ...
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Childhood. Valdemar was the son of Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig, the chivalrous and popular eldest son of King Eric I of Denmark. Valdemar's father was murdered by King Magnus I of Sweden days before the birth of Valdemar; his mother, Ingeborg of Kiev, daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, named him after her grandfather, Grand Prince Vladimir ...
Valdemar II Valdemarsen (28 June 1170 – 28 March 1241), later remembered as Valdemar the Victorious (Danish: Valdemar Sejr), was King of Denmark from 1202 until his death in 1241. In 1207, Valdemar invaded and conquered Lybeck and Holstein , expanding the Danish territories.
See also Valdemar I of Denmark on Wikipedia; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . VALDEMAR I., king of Denmark (1131–1182), the son of the chivalrous and popular Canute Lavard and the, Russian princess Ingeborg, was born a week after his father’s murder, and was carefully brought up in the religious and relatively enlightened ...
