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Euphemia of Pomerania. Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. [1] He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers.
- 24 June 1340 – 24 October 1375
- Euphemia of Pomerania
Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar IV Atterdag (born c. 1320, Denmark—died October 24, 1375, Zealand) was the king of Denmark (1340–75) who united his country under his own rule after a brief period of alien domination. His aggressive foreign policy led to conflict with Sweden, North German principalities, and the North German trading centres of the Hanseatic League.
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Feb 2, 2023 · Son of Christopher II, King of Denmark and Euphemia of Pomerania, Queen Of Denmark; Valdemar was raised by the German Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria from 1326-38. In 1938 he to his brother-in-law, Margrave Ludwig of Brandenburg, a son of the Emperor. Valdemar IV was installed as king in 1340 by agreement with the Holstein mortgagees.
- Tikøb, Frederiksborg
- 1320
- Frederiksborg
- Tikøb, Frederiksborg, Danmark (Denmark)
Helvig of Schleswig (also erroneously Hedwig; 1320–1374) was the queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Valdemar IV. She was the mother of Queen Margaret I of Denmark. Life. Helvig was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Schleswig, and Adelaide of Holstein-Rendsburg, and the sister of Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig. She was also a descendant of ...
- Estridsen (Abelslægten line)
- Valdemar IV of Denmark
Her title in Denmark was derived from her father King Valdemar IV of Denmark. Others simply referred to her as the "Lady Queen", without specifying what she was queen of, but not so Pope Boniface IX , who in his letter on 9 September 1390 styled her "our beloved daughter in Christ, Margaret, most excellent queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway".
- Valdemar IV of Denmark
- 10 August 1387 – 28 October 1412, (also regent for her co-sovereign Eric)
- Helvig of Schleswig
- Eric of Pomerania (as sole sovereign)
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When King IV, Valdemar Christoffersson Atterdag was born in 1320, in Tikøb, Helsingør, Frederiksborg, Denmark, his father, Konge Christoffer II Eriksen af Danmark, was 44 and his mother, Euphemia Bogusławówna von Rügen, was 35. He married Heilwig Eriksdottir Queen of Denmark on 4 June 1340, in Sønderborg, Christians, Sønderborg, Denmark.
Nov 23, 2021 · Queen Margrete Valdemarsdaughter was born in 1353 as the daughter of the Danish king Valdemar IV (1320–1375) and his wife Hedvig of Schleswig. Footnote 9 At the age of 10, Margrete wed King Haakon VI Magnusson of Norway, and they had their son Olav IV in 1370.
