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| | Titles of European hereditary rulers |
 | | Margaret was the daughter of Valdemar IV, King of Denmark, and the widow of Haakon VI, King of Norway and Sweden. |
 | | Margaret (+1412), Regent of Denmark (from 1375), of Norway (from 1380), and of Sweden (from 1389), by diplomacy and war, pursued dynastic policies that led to the Kalmar Union (1397), which united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden until 1523 and Denmark and Norway until 1814. |
 | | Christian II was forced to flee to the Netherlands and did not launch a campaign to regain his kingdom until 1531, when he invaded Norway. |
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