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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.
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- Sophia of Minsk
Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar II "The Victorious", King of Denmark's Timeline. Genealogy for King Valdemar "The Victorious" Valdemarson Knudsen (Jelling), II (1170 - 1241) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Valdemar blames the deed of "Wicked Count Henry"2 for the loss of his seven kingdoms, Denmark, Sweden, Holstein, Mecklenburg, Valland, England, and Scotland. The ballad describes how the Danish people stands united behind its king and donates the money, and the aristocratic ladies their jewelry, with
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Jan 1, 2023 · The collar is only worn on three days each year: during the New Year’s Court (January 1), on the monarch’s birthday (April 16), and on June 28, the birthday of King Valdemar II (1170-1241), who is known as “Valdemar the Victorious.”
Apr 12, 2024 · Valdemar II was the king of Denmark (1202–41) who, between 1200 and 1219, extended the Danish Baltic empire from Schleswig in the west to include lands as far east as Estonia. In his later years he worked to unify Denmark’s legal and administrative systems.
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Nyborg. Danehof. Valdemar II – Valdemar the Victorious. Photo: Ukendt. Valdemar Sejr completed Nyborg Castle between the years 1209-1210, but he is best known as the king who introduced the Code of Jutland. Valdemar II – Valdemar the Victorious (1170-1241) Valdemar II was king of Denmark from 1202.
Valdemar II Sejr (the Victorious) was king of Denmark (1202-1241) in succession to his brother Knud VI. Valdemar was born around 1168, the second son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Minsk. In 1201 the city of Lubeck, the most important port on the Baltic Sea, submitted to Valdemar after a period of Danish expansion in northern Germany, partly ...