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In 1326, Valdemar became king of Denmark, while his regent maed himself the Duke of Schleswig. In 1330 Valdemar returned to his position as Duke. In 1340 Haelwig married the King of Denmark.
Glücksburg Castle (German: Schloss Glücksburg, Danish: Lyksborg Slot) is one of the most significant Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. [1] [2] Aerial view. The castle was the headquarters of the ducal lines of the house of Glücksburg and temporarily served as the primary residence of the Danish monarch.
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Jun 22, 2019 · In the early 1200’s the duke of Schleswig became the Danish King Valdemar II and obtained the Holstein area by conquering the Germans and Slavs. Later, Christian I guaranteed that Schleswig and Holstein would retain their individual liberties and would never be separated.
Historical overview. After 1854 the castle served as the summer residence for King Friedrich VII, who died here on 15 November 1863. In 1864/1865 Prussian troops used the castle as quarters and as a military hospital. As a consequence of the German-Danish War of 1864, Denmark ceded the dukedom of Schleswig-Holstein to the Prussian crown.
King Waldemar III (who had been duke of Schleswig as Waldemar V) conferred Schleswig on his uncle, Gerhard, and granted a charter forbidding the union of Schleswig and Denmark under a single overlord.
Valdemar was the son of Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig, the chivalrous and popular eldest son of King Eric I of Denmark.
The leader of Christian III’s forces, Johan Rantzau, duke of Holstein and a Lutheran, subdued a revolt of the Jutland peasants and then moved across Funen and Zealand to besiege Copenhagen, Count Christopher’s last holdout. Finally, in the summer of 1536, Copenhagen capitulated, ending the so-called Count’s War.
