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Duke of Schleswig and conflict with the King. However, Valdemar was not content and also claimed the island of Als, as well as the Crown lands of Schleswig. When in 1284 a judgment of the Danehof ruled against the claims of Duke Valdemar, he occupied the island of Als by force.
In the 1330s, Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig (previous king of Denmark as Valdemar III) made an alliance with Valdemar IV against his uncle, Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, and arranged a marriage between Valdemar IV and his sister, Helvig of Schleswig.
- 24 June 1340 – 24 October 1375
- Euphemia of Pomerania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Valdemar IV Eriksøn (born c. 1262, died 1312) was Duke of Schleswig from 1283 until his death in 1312. He was the eldest son of Duke Eric I of Schleswig and Margaret of Rugia. Quick Facts Duke of Schleswig, Tenure ...
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Brothers of Valdemar III, divided their inheritance. Abel: 1252 Third son of Abel and Matilda of Holstein: 1257 – 2 April 1279: Duchy of Schleswig (at Langeland) A daughter of Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin no children 2 April 1279 aged 26-27: Langeland reabsorbed in Schleswig: Valdemar IV: c.1265 First son of Eric I and Margaret of Rugen
RulerBornReignRuling Partc.1050 Son of Sweyn II of Denmark1080 – 18 August 109512 March 1096 Son of Eric I of Denmark ...1115 – 7 January 1131c.1106 First son of Prince Henry of ...7 January 1131 – 4 June 113414 January 1131 Schleswig Son of Canute I ...1150–1157 1173 – 12 May 1182 [2]Jul 12, 2020 · The murder would leave a faction of aristocrats, led by the queen dowager and Valdemar IV, duke of Schleswig, as regents. After Erik V’s murder, his son Erik VI Menved would try to emulate Valdemar II’s successful conquests.
Through his marriage to Helvig, sister of Valdemar, duke of Slesvig (Schleswig), Valdemar Atterdag obtained northern Jutland and extended his control to the remainder of the alienated Danish lands. Using money raised by increasing taxes and by his sale (1346) of Estonia , he had by 1349 established control of Zealand and large areas of Funen ...
Valdemar was brought up at the court of the German emperor, Louis of Bavaria, during those miserable years when the realm of Denmark was partitioned among Holstein counts and German Ritter, while Scania, “the bread-basket” of the monarchy, sought deliverance from anarchy under the protection of Magnus of Sweden.