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    Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), Valdemar Christoffersen or Waldemar (c. 1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from...
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    Sweden and Valdemar IV of Denmark. When his grandfather Valdemar IV of Denmark died, Olaf was just five years old. He was proclaimed king of Denmark by a Danehof...
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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...
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  • Valdemar of Denmark is the name of: Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark from 1157 to 1182 Valdemar of Denmark (bishop) (1158–1236), illegitimate...
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    daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, Margaret was born at Søborg Castle. She was a practical, patient administrator and diplomat, albeit one of high aspirations...
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    The Danish–Hanseatic War (1361–1370) was both a trade and territorial conflict mainly between the Kingdom of Denmark, led by King Valdemar IV, and the...
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    of Schleswig from 1232 to 1252 and King of Denmark from 1250 until his death in 1252. He was the son of Valdemar II by his second wife, Berengaria of...
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    Valdemar III (1314–1364) was King of Denmark from 1326 to 1329, while he was underage; he was also Duke of Schleswig as Valdemar V in 1325–26 and from...
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  • Ingeborg of Denmark (Danish: Ingeborg Valdemarsdatter) (4 January 1347 – 16 June 1370)[citation needed] was the eldest daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and...
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    of Valdemar II of Denmark and brother of King Abel of Denmark and King Christopher I of Denmark. He was born ca. 1216 as the second legitimate son of...
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    the Danish king Valdemar IV (a.k.a. Valdemar Atterdag) collects treasures from the people in the Gotlandic medieval town of Visby in the summer of 1361...
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    the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious. On 22 July 1361, King Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) sent an army ashore on...
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    Christopher I (Danish: Christoffer I) (1219 – 29 May 1259) was King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his second...
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    Margaret, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark. The marriage, itself a significant element in the Nordic power struggle, resulted in the birth of one son, Olav...
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    Helvig of Schleswig (also erroneously Hedwig; 1320–1374) was the queen of Denmark as the spouse of King Valdemar IV. She was the mother of Queen Margaret...
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    coat of arms of the king of Denmark. This is the earliest known undisputed colour rendering of the Dannebrog. At about the same time, Valdemar IV of Denmark...
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    1300 Seal of Valdemar IV Atterdag (reigned 1340–75), early 1340s Fresco of Valdemar IV Atterdag as king. Notice the crest on the Danish coat of arms, Saint...
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    later regain Denmark from the Holsteiners and succeed as Valdemar IV of Denmark. "Erik - udvalgt konge | lex.dk". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved...
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  • Margaret I of Denmark, the younger daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Schleswig, gave Schleswig as a hereditary fief under the Danish crown to...
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  • Events from the 1370s in Denmark. Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark (until 1375), Olaf II of Denmark 1370 24 May – The Treaty of Stralsund is signed, ending...
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    the 12-year-old Duke Valdemar of Southern Jutland was made king of Denmark, with Count Gerhard as regent. They forced Valdemar in his coronation charter...
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    both sides, however, the commander of the castle, Peder Iversøn, promised to surrender if King Valdemar IV of Denmark would die, abdicate, or lose the kingdom...
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    Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Danish: Valdemar Christian til Slesvig og Holsten; 1622–29 February 1656) was the son of king Christian IV of...
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  • the 1360s in Denmark. Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark 1360 24 May – Valdemar IV's håndfæstning is signed. 1361 27 July – The Battle of Visby. 1362 13...
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    religious man. Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. His younger brother Valdemar was born in 1170. On 25 June 1170, at age...
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  • century in Denmark. Eric VI, 1286–1319 Christopher II, 1320–1326 and 1329–1332 Valdemar III, 1326–1330 Interregnum, 1333–1340 Valdemar IV, 1340–1375 Olaf...
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  • Scandinavia (1353–1412), wife of Haakon VI of Norway, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, mother of Olaf II of Denmark, also ruled Scandinavia as de facto...
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    replaced. King Valdemar IV of Denmark reconquered Scania in 1360. He went on to conquer Gotland in 1361. On 27 July 1361, outside the city of Visby, the main...
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    a crown. However, other theories indicate that he was a son of King Valdemar IV of Denmark. "Kong Erik VI Menved". Danmarks Konger. Retrieved August 1...
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  • Events in the 1340s in Denmark. Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmark 1340 1 April – Niels Ebbesen and his men kill Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in...
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