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    Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), or Waldemar (1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He is mostly...
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    Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361 is a historical painting (oil on canvas, signed in 1882) by the Swedish historical painter Carl Gustaf...
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    Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland took place in July 1361. Danish King's Valdemar Atterdag's troops won several battles on Gotland against Gutnian...
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    historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, the dragon slayer Sigurd, the Welsh psychopomp Gwyn ap Nudd, biblical...
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    Huitfeldt, A. (1977). Danmarks Riges Krønike: Fra Erik Menved til Valdemar Atterdag. Chronologia 2 (in Danish). Rosenkilde og Bagger. Retrieved 6 July...
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    Battle of Visby (category Valdemar IV of Denmark)
    The Danish force was victorious. On 22 July 1361, King Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) sent an army ashore on Gotland's west coast. The Gutes...
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    love of king Valdemar Atterdag (Valdemar IV, 1320–1375, German: Waldemar) for his mistress, Tove, and her subsequent murder by Valdemar's jealous wife...
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    vicarage in 1735. The legend written in the Chronicle states that King Valdemar Atterdag's forces landed at the Kronvall fishing village on the main island...
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    father Joachim wearing the hat Coat of arms of Judenburg, Austria. Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361, by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851–1890)...
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    his magnificent historical painting "Valdemar Atterdag Holding Visby to Ransom, 1361" (Swedish: Valdemar Atterdag brandskattar Visby) in Vienna, Austria...
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    conditions of this treaty. The war began in 1361, when Danish king Valdemar Atterdag conquered Scania, Öland, and Gotland with the major Hanseatic town...
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    King Valdemar Atterdag's nine main castle towers. The name comes from the golden goose perched on top of the tower's spire. Legend has it that Valdemar Atterdag...
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    1361, Gotland was conquered by Valdemar IV of Denmark. 1,800 Gotlanders were killed in battle in front of the city. Valdemar tore down part of the wall,...
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    chronicle: Anders Leegaard Knudsen, Saxostudier og rigshistorie på Valdemar Atterdags tid, Kopenhagen 1994, p. 17-19. 'Sagnkrønike i Stockholm, Efter Cod...
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    Gurre Castle (category Valdemar IV of Denmark)
    to its chapel. King Valdemar Atterdag died in the castle in 1375. Many stories, ballads, and poems have been made about Valdemar. The castle is associated...
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    for betraying the town to the Danes out of love for the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag."Visby Tourist Attractions Jansone, Una. "Grobiņas pils". Retrieved...
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  • (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. June – Valdemar IV Atterdag attacks Skåne and conquers Lindholmen Castle. August – Peace is concluded...
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    king of three realms. Although Denmark was reconsolidated under King Valdemar Atterdag in 1340 and regained its territory, and Norway left the union with...
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    had to be put down by King Magnus III of Sweden in 1288. In 1361, Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark invaded the island. About 1,500 Gotlandic farmers were...
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    Etting, p. 13. Fletcher Pratt (1950), The Third King, a biography of Valdemar Atterdag "Margrete Valdemarsdatter". 25 February 2020. Albrekt of Mecklenburg...
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    early 1332 aged approximately 25 Interregnum (1332–1340) Valdemar IV Atterdag (Valdemar Atterdag) 21 June 1340 – 1375 c. 1320 third son of Christopher II...
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    stands in front of Randers' Town Hall today. When King Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) tried to assemble a government in 1350 after the mortgaging...
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    of Archbishop Absalon, King Christopher II, Queen Euphemia, King Valdemar Atterdag, and King Olaf (II) Haraldsen. "Sorø Klosterkirke". visitdenmark.com...
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    (1931) Nial den Vise (1934) Stygge Krumpen (1936) Romanserien om Valdemar Atterdag, Drotten, Rigets arving og Atter det skilte (1940-1953) Erindringerne...
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    & Serna and the strategically valuable Danish islands of Gotland (Valdemar Atterdag of Denmark had conquered the island from Sweden in 1361) in the center...
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    Skåneland was dissolved in 1360. After the internal strife in Denmark, Valdemar Atterdag wanted to restore Denmark's former influence and therefore wanted...
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    fighting men and besieged the stronghold for several weeks. Meanwhile, Valdemar Atterdag, King of Denmark, assembled his own fleet, which was capable of carrying...
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  • which ended in 1355, when Haakon came of age. In 1360 the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag reconquered Skåneland. In 1384 Albrekt of Mecklenburg (ca 1338-1412)...
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    perches on top of the tower's spire. Although legend has it that Valdemar Atterdag used the symbol to taunt the Hanseatic League, the truth is the goose...
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    "the sound" between Skåne and Zealand. Margaret I, the daughter of Valdemar Atterdag, found herself married off to Håkon VI of Norway in an attempt to...
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