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	Margaret I of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret revolted at the clauses which insisted that each country should retain exclusive possession of its own laws and customs and be administered by its own dignitaries, as tending in her opinion to prevent the complete amalgamation of Scandinavia.
		The tomb of Margaret I in Roskilde Cathedral.
		Margaret's foreign policy was sagaciously circumspect, in sharp contrast with the venturesomeness of her father's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark (1073 words)

	Margaret of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Margaret of Denmark (June 23, 1456 - before July 14, 1486) was the daughter of King Christian I of Denmark (1448-1481), Norway (1450-1481), and Sweden (1457-1464), and his wife Dorothea of Brandenburg.
		Her father, king Christian I of Denmark and also of Norway, agreed on a remarkable dowry to her.
		Her great-great-grandson James VI of Scotland married another princess of her dynasty, Anne of Denmark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_of_Denmark (291 words)

	Medieval Net. Welcome to the Medieval Network. Famous People in Medieval History: Queen Margaret. Famous People, ...
		Margaret succeeded in uniting the Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden which was an accomplishment in the history of these three countries.
		Margaret was the descendent of Canute, the first Danish king of England and the daughter of King Valdemar IV.
		Margaret was moved to consolidate her power and centralize her authority in a commanding but diplomatic way.
	www.medieval.net /queenmargaret.htm (414 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Margaret Valdemarsdottir of Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Margaret secured and extended her sovereignty: in 1385 she won back the economically important strongholds on the west coast of Scandia from the Hanseatic League, and for a time she was also able to safeguard Denmark's southern borders by agreement with the counts of Holstein.
		Margaret and Olaf, who came of age in 1385, were on the point of making war on Albert to enforce their claims to the Swedish throne when Olaf died unexpectedly in 1387.
		Margaret married Håkon VI Magnusson of Norway, son of Magnus VII of Norway Eriksson and Blanka of Namur, on 9 Apr 1363.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2305.htm (982 words)

	Chronology of Sweden (1300-1399)
		Queen Margareta of Norway goes to Denmark, and negotiates for her son Olav to be named future king of Denmark.
		Queen Margareta negotiates for the release of castles in Skåne from Hansa occupation.
		Erik of Pomerania, great-nephew of Queen Margaret, is elected heir to the Swedish throne.
	www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/swedhis/swed1300.htm (2088 words)

	Politics of Denmark
		Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with an unbroken link of monarchs for more than 1000 years.
		The current monarch Queen Margaret II has largely ceremonial functions; probably her most significant formal power lies in her right to appoint the statsminister (prime minister) and cabinet ministers, who are responsible for administration of the government.
		Denmark emerged from two referendums (June 2, 1992, and May 18, 1993) with four important exemptions (or "opt-outs") to the Maastricht Treaty on the European Union: common defense, common currency, EU citizenship, and certain aspects of legal cooperation, including law enforcement.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Denmark.html (978 words)

	Margrethe I
		Margrethe I, or Margaret, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, was born in 1353 and married ten years later to King Haakon VI of Norway.
		It had been understood that Margaret should, at the first convenient opportunity, provide the three kingdoms with a king who was to be her nearest kinsman, and in 1389 she proclaimed her infant cousin, Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway.
		Margaret revolted at the clauses which insisted that each country should retain exclusive possession of its own laws and customs and be administered by its own dignitaries, as tending in her opinion to prevent the complete amalgamation of Scandinavia, But with her usual prudence she avoided every appearance of an open rupture.
	www.nndb.com /people/080/000095792 (925 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		In 1241 he gave Denmark her first uniform code of laws, a code which remained in force for almost four and a half centuries, and was not wholly abolished even then.
		Waldemar Atterdag died in 1375, whereupon the Danish nobles chose to the Danish throne Olaf V., the son of Margaret, Queen of Sweden and Norway, Waldemar Atterdag's daughter.
		Queen Margaret of Denmark and Norway, " the Semiramis of the North," was one of the most remarkable women in history.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	Legend of Semiramis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Her form was matchless in symmetry, so that her every gesture, in the saddle or on the throne, was womanly, dignified, and graceful, while each dress she wore, from royal robe and jeweled tiara to steel breast-plate and golden headpiece, seemed that in which she looked her best.
		As G.J. Whyfe-Melville states in Sarchedon: A legend of the Great Queen, that she forever carried an amulet at her breast (the shape of a dove in the form of an arrow) given to her by Onnes, and perpetually cherished as to his memory.
		However, according to the actual historical account this garden was built on the request of a much later queen of Persian origin, who asked her husband, the Chaldean ruler Nebuchadnezzar, for a representation of the "paradises," a duplication of the vast pleasure-gardens of her homeland in Persia.
	www.earth-history.com /Babylon/bab-legend-semiramis.htm (4750 words)

	Behind the Name: View Name: Margaret
		Saint Margaret was martyred at Antioch in the 4th century.
		Another famous bearer was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who united Denmark, Sweden, and Norway in the 14th century.
		The name was also borne by Margaret Mitchell, author of 'Gone with the Wind'.
	www.behindthename.com /php/view.php?name=margaret (51 words)

	Scottish Monarchs - Kings and Queens of Scotland - James III. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Queen mother was appointed Regent and was aided in government by the aged Bishop Kennedy.
		Margaret was the daughter of Christian I of Denmark by Dorothea of Brandenburg.
		His son, James IV was to deeply regret his part in the rebellion which ended in his father's death and ever after wore a chain of expiation around his waist in penance.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /stewart_5.htm (1324 words)

	Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, 1000-1400 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Margaret, queen of Denmark, convenes a council at Kalmar.
		The only heir to the Danish throne, Margaret was married to the king of Norway, and it was agreed that their son, Olaf, should become king of both countries.
		In 1386, Margaret persuaded the Swedes to renounce their king in favor of her rule, and when Olaf died in 1387, Margaret herself became sole ruler of all three countries, and they agreed to accept whomever she proposed as her successor.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/07/eue/ht07eue.htm (707 words)

	thePeerage.com - William Woodyear and others
		Margaret Valdemarsdottir, Queen of Denmark and Norway was born in 1353.
		He married Margaret Valdemarsdottir, Queen of Denmark and Norway, daughter of Valdemar IV 'Atterdag' Christofsson, King of Denmark and Hedwig von Schleswig, in 1363.
		He was the son of Haakon VI Magnusson, King of Norway and Sweden and Margaret Valdemarsdottir, Queen of Denmark and Norway.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11290.htm (1088 words)

	History of Sweden
		Queen Margaret of Denmark united all the Nordic lands in the "Kalmar Union" in 1397.
		In the 16th century, Gustav Vasa fought for an independent Sweden crushing an attempt to restore the Kalmar Union and laying the foundation for modern Sweden.
		By 1658, Sweden ruled several provinces of Denmark as well as what is now Finland, Ingermanland (in which St. Petersburg is located), Estonia, Latvia, and important coastal towns and other areas of northern Germany.
	infotut.com /geography/Sweden (1182 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Married firstly Dowager Queen of Norway Margaret Fredkulla born Princess of Sweden (*?,†before 1130).
		Queen Philippa is buried in the Cloister Church at Vadstena, Sweden.
		Queen Caroline Matilda is buried at Castle Chapel in Celle.
	homepage.mac.com /crowns/dk/avtxt.html (2237 words)

	Stanton's Address on Woman's Rights, page 5: Stanton and Anthony Papers Project Online
		Margaret Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, justly called the Semiramis of the north, by her talent energy, firmness and foresight raised herself to a degree of power and grandeur then unequalled in Europe.
		Her treaty with the queen of Portugal when they met on the frontiers of the two kingdoms is probably the only one of which it could be truly said: "The fair negotiators experienced none of the embarrassments usually incident to such deliberations, growing out of jealousy, distrust and a mutual desire to over reach.
		Torquemada the confessor of the Queen did not more fatally mislead her than do the priests of our day mislead us, the cry of heretic was not more potent in her day than that of Infidel in ours.
	ecssba.rutgers.edu /docs/ecswoman5.html (1319 words)

	Sweden
		Queen Margaret of Denmark and Norway conquers Sweden from Albrekt of Mecklenburg.
		The Thirty Year's War 1618-48 and a war against Denmark 1643-45 results in considerable territorial gains for Sweden.
		Denmark is 1814 forced to exchange Norway for Vorpommern.
	www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/scandinavia/sweden.htm (231 words)

	Comparative Criminology \| Europe - Sweden
		The union's final disintegration in the early 16th century brought on a long-lived rivalry between Norway and Denmark on one side and Sweden and Finland on the other.
		In 1998, Sweden remained a destination point for synthetic drugs entering most often through the Netherlands or Germany and Denmark, originally produced in Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, The Czech Republic and the Baltic nations, as well as for cocaine from South America.
		Pakistani brown heroin often is smuggled in by ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and FYROM through the Czech Republic or Slovakia, via Germany and Denmark, by ferry to Sweden.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/europe/sweden.html (10479 words)

	Finland - The Kalmar Union
		The driving force behind the union was Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who had gained the Norwegian crown by marriage and the Swedish crown by joining with the Swedish nobility against an unpopular German king.
		The late fifteenth century had witnessed the steady expansion of the power of the Grand Duchy of Muscovy, which was eventually to become the basis for the Russian Empire.
		In 1493 Denmark and Muscovy concluded a treaty of alliance aimed at embroiling Sweden in a two-front war, and in 1495 Muscovite forces invaded Finland.
	countrystudies.us /finland/7.htm (394 words)

	Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Queen Catherine Sunesdotter (†1252; the tomb hasn't been preserved), consort of Eric XI Gudhem Church.
		Margaret of Denmark (†1341) in St Bendt's Church in Ringsted.
		The tomb of King Inge II and Queen Helena.
	homepage.mac.com /crowns/s/avgal.html (599 words)

	Denmark : In Depth : Dateline \| Frommers.com
		1397 The Union of Kalmar, under the leadership of Queen Margaret, unites Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
		Meanwhile, high percentages of Danes are allowed to work their own farmland, forming the basis of Denmark's eventual strength as an agrarian nation.
		1940-45 Denmark is invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/denmark/0220020051.html (581 words)

	Norway: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The ascent of Queen Margaret of Denmark to the throne in 1387 paved the way for the union of the Scandinavian countries.
		In 1389, she was crowned Queen of Sweden and in 1397 her adopted nephew Erik was elected king of all Scandinavia in Kalmar, Sweden.
		This membership was encouraged by the fear of Soviet expansionism and the unsuccessful attempt to establish a Scandinavian military alliance between Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=112 (2423 words)

	Summer Solstice in Iceland A Tiny Bit About Icelandic History
		Denmark took over rule of Iceland in 1397 as part of Queen Margaret of Denmark's new Kalmer Union of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
		It took the isolation imposed by WWII that allowed Iceland to finally break free of Denmark, and the present republic was formed in 1944.
		Nearly all Icelanders live around the coastline of their country, with approximately half of the nation's 230,000 citizens living in or near the capital of Reykjavik on the Southwest coast.
	www.octavia.net /vikings/icelandhistory.htm (754 words)

	History of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Continual tension within the countries and within the union gradually led to open conflict between the Swedes and the Danes in the 15th century.
		Its contributions during the Thirty Years War under Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus) determined the political as well as the religious balance of power in Europe.
		By 1658, Sweden ruled several provinces of Denmark as well as what is now Finland, Ingermanland (in which St.
	www.historyofnations.net /europe/sweden.html (933 words)

	Cambuskenneth Abbey - Stirling in Scotland Historic Places to Visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He is buried along with his wife, Queen Margaret of Denmark.
		Their tomb was erected and financed by Queen Victoria.
		The Abbey was closed in 1559 and most of the stone was carried away to be re-used for building material.
	www.instirling.com /sight/cambus.htm (172 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Major trading partners -- Germany, Denmark, U.K., Norway, and U.S. Sweden has one of the world's highest life expectancies and one of the lowest birth rates.
		The country's largest ethnic and linguistic minorities include 15,000 Lapps and 50,000 indigenous Finnish speakers in the north as well as 960,000 immigrants mainly from the Nordic countries, but also from Asia, Africa, South America, and the rest of Europe.
		The union's final disintegration in the early 16th century brought on a long-lived rivalry between Norway and Denmark on one side and Sweden and Finland on the other In the 16th century, Gustav Vasa fought for an independent Sweden and crushed an attempt to restore the Kalmar Union and laid the foundation for modern Sweden.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/eur/sweden9808.html (3634 words)

	Emisiones - 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A postage stamp of the Argentine province of Córdoba (1858) on a period envelope.
		The event scheduled to take place in Copenhagen, which will be sponsored by Queen Margaret of Denmark to commemorate the first postage stamp issued by the Scandinavian country, promises to bring together an important gathering of stamp collectors and aficionados from all around the world.
		In latter decades, Denmark has set out on a triumphant march towards modernization.
	www.correoargentino.com.ar /english/filateli/2001/23.htm (360 words)

	DanaAndMargaret - Netninja Bee Wiki
		Margaret runs her own business in Napa Valley, California, making (harvesting?) and selling honey.
		Margaret's last name is Efendi, which in Turkish is taken to mean an important personage, perhaps even a noble.
		It appears to be an entity that knows the background of the queen, its helpers and a number of entities.
	bees.netninja.com /staticwiki/beewiki/DanaAndMargaret (1759 words)

	DCP: 58 degrees north, 19 degrees east
		However, continual tension within the countries led to open conflict between Sweden and Denmark in the 15th century.
		The Union finally disintegrated in 1527 bringing on a long and bitter rivalry between Norway and Denmark on one side and Sweden and Finland on the other.
		Later in the 16th century, Gustav Vaasa crushed an attempt to restore the Kalmar Union with his fight for an independent Sweden.
	www.confluence.org /confluence.php?visitid=5323 (529 words)

	Cambuskenneth Abbey Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		James III fled before the battle commenced, and he was subsequently murdered by an unknown hand.
		His body was brought to Cambuskenneth Abbey and he was buried in front of the high altar of the abbey church, alongside his Queen, Margaret of Denmark, who had died in 1486.
		Today their last resting place is marked by a fine tomb surrounded by railings, with views that include the Wallace Monument to the north and Stirling Castle to the west.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /stirling/cambuskenneth (856 words)

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