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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
May 9, 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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Jul 12, 2020 · Valdemar I of Denmark and Sweyn III of Denmark and Canute V of Denmark. The reigns of Valdemar I (r. 1157-1182) and his sons Canute VI (r. 1182-1202) and Valdemar II (r. 1202-1241) were extremely significant from a state-building perspective. Following the demise of almost every political opponent, Valdemar set out to solidify and centralise ...
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 ...
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 ...
Allegiance. Denmark. Service/ branch. Royal Danish Navy. Prince Valdemar of Denmark (27 October 1858 – 14 January 1939) was a member of the Danish royal family. He was the third son and youngest child of Christian IX of Denmark and Louise of Hesse-Kassel. He had a lifelong naval career.
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