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Mar 25, 2024 · 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.
Margaret I ( Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. [3] [4] [5] She had been queen consort of Norway from ...
- 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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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.
Before this groundbreaking event, Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who was the daughter of Denmark’s King Valdemar IV, married King Haakon VI of Norway and Sweden. Margaret played a pivotal role in ensuring her and Haakon’s son, Olaf, would be the heir to the Danish throne.
The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish: Kalmarunionen; Finnish: Kalmarin unioni; Icelandic: Kalmarsambandið; Latin: Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden.
- 2,839,386 km² (1,096,293 sq mi)
- Personal union
Margaret I, detail of her tomb effigy (recumbent) in the cathedral of Roskilde, Denmark. Margaret’s rule was predicated on her control of the succession, and so she had adopted her great-nephew Erik of Pomerania. In 1397 at Kalmar, Swed., Margaret oversaw the coronation of Erik as king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden—thus establishing the ...
Margaret I ( Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century.
