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  Magnus I of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnus I of Sweden ( 1240 – 1290), often called LadulÃ¥s : Barnlock, was king of Sweden from 1275/1280 until his death in 1290.
Eric Magnusson of Sweden, Duke of Södermanland in 1302, born abt.
Valdemar Magnusson, Duke of Finland in 1302 and ×land 1310.
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 Eric XI of Sweden
Eric XI Ericsson the lame (In Swedish Erik Eriksson den läspe och halte) was king of Sweden 1222-1250, with an interregnum 1229-1234.
Eric was born after his fathers death, and becuase of his young age John I of Sweden[?] from the house of Sverker[?] was elected by the Swedish aristocrazy, (against the will of the Pope, who wanted Eric as king).
After being juvenile king for seven years he was thrown from the throne by the knight Canute II of Sweden who was elected king.
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 Valdemar I of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valdemar Birgersson ( 1239 – 1302), King of Sweden 1250 – 1275/1288/1302, was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden and Birger Jarl, Earl Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo, who more or less ruled Sweden from 1248 under king Eric Ericsson the Lame his brother in law.
When king Eric XI died in 1250, Valdemar was elected king, while Birger Jarl (perhaps) was on crusade in Finland.
Valdemar had a relationship with his Queen's sister Jutta (both of them princesses of Denmark) and had to go to Rome in order to get the Pope's forgiveness.
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 Station Information - Eric XI of Sweden
Eric XI Ericsson the lame, or Erik Eriksson den läspe och halte in Swedish, was king of Sweden 1222 - 1250, with an interregnum 1229 - 1234.
Eric was born after his fathers death, and because of his young age John I of Sweden from the house of Sverker was elected by the Swedish aristocracy, (against the will of the Pope, who wanted Eric as king).
After being a juvenile king for seven years he was dethroned by the knight Canute II of Sweden who was elected king.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/e/er/eric_xi_of_sweden.html   (225 words)

  
 7.3 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
In 1471 the election of a separatist as regent for Sweden led to a relative calmness.
Sweden is attacked by an alliance of Denmark, Poland and Russia.
Despite brief victories, the war goes badly for Sweden and by the spring of 1809 the Finnish troops had surrendered, the main army had retreated to Sweden and in the peace treaty of Fredrikshamn September 1809 the whole of Finland was joined to Russia.
www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part7_SWEDEN/section-2.html   (6672 words)

  
 Valdemar I of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valdemar I the Great ( 1131 - 1182) was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182.
Valdemar's reign saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its zenith under his second son Valdemar.
Valdemar I died in 1182 and was succeeded by his first son Canute VI.
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 Chronology of Sweden (1300-1399)
Magnus is born to Duke Erik and Ingeborg.
Erik is born to Duke Valdemar and Ingeborg.
Valdemar Atterdag and the Danish army land on the west coast of Gotland and begin an attack on Visby.
www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/swedhis/swed1300.htm   (1878 words)

  
 List of Swedish monarchs Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
1130 - 1156 : Sverker I of Sweden ( Sverker den äldre) - The House of Sverker
1160 - 1167 : Charles VII of Sweden ( Karl Sverkersson) - The House of Sverker
1950 - 1973 : Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden ( Gustav VI Adolf)
forum.top5miami.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_swedish_monarchs.html   (965 words)

  
 Monarch of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system.
Sweden has been a kingdom for more than 1000 years (or 2000 years depending on the definition of king and Sweden, see Suiones), hereditary since 1541.
The present Bernadotte dynasty was established during the Napoleonic Wars through the Constitution of 1809 and the Act of Succession of 1810, in a bloodless Revolution after present day Finland, then the eastern half of the Realm, having been lost to Russia.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swedish_monarch   (414 words)

  
 Magnus I of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Magnus I of Sweden ( 1240 - 1290), by name Magnus Barnlock ( Swedish : Magnus Ladulås) was king of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290.
Son to Birger Jarl (earl Birger Magnusson) and princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.
Valdemar Magnusson, duke, Died out of starvation 1318 in prisoned by his brother Birger, at Nyköpingshus castle.
www.ukpedia.com /m/magnus-i-of-sweden.html   (196 words)

  
 Chronology of Sweden (1208-1299)
Sweden's second synod convenes at Skänninge, with William of Sabina as Papal legate.
Valdemar, nephew of Erik Eriksson, and eldest son of Birger Jarl, is elected King.
King Valdemar is overthrown by younger brother Duke Magnus Ladulås and brother Erik.
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 SWEDEN.SE - Saint Birgitta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Sweden then was ruled by the Folkung dynasty with bloody feuding between King Birger and his brothers, Dukes Erik and Valdemar.
Sweden, meaning Svealand and Götaland—the central and southern parts of the country as we know it today—had been christianised and, ecclesiastically, brought under the authority of Rome; the baptism of King Olof (Skötkonung) at Husaby Spring in 1008 is generally taken to mark the definitive triumph of Christianity.
From Sweden, representations were made to three popes; King Albrekt of Sweden and, later, Queen Margareta as well wrote to the Emperor Charles IV and Queen Joan of Naples, requesting their support.
www.sweden.se /templates/FactSheet____4404.asp   (8233 words)

  
 Articles - Eric XI of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Eric XI Ericsson ( 1216 – February 2, 1250) den läspe och halte : "the stuttering and lame," was king of Sweden 1222 – 1229 and 1234 – 1250.
Eric was born posthumously and in the meantime the fifteen-year-old John I of Sweden from the rival house of Sverker had been hailed king by the Swedish aristocracy (against the will of the Pope, who wanted Eric as king).
Their underaged eldest son Valdemar was elected king 1250 to succeed Eric, possibly by-passing the sons (if such existed) of Ingeborg's elder sisters.
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 Valdemar I of Sweden
Valdemar Birgersson was son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden[?] and Birger Jarl (earl Birger Magnusson of Sweden), who more or less ruled Sweden under the official king Eric Ericsson the lame[?].
Valdemar never really ruled Sweden since his father Birger hold an iron grip over the country.
Meanwhile, Valdemar had a relation with his wifes sister (both of them princesses of Denmark) and had to go to Rome in order to get the Popes forgivness.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Valdemar_I_of_Sweden.html   (127 words)

  
 Swedish history (the s.c.nordic FAQ)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Sweden is split in three dutchies after the peace in Helsingborg 1310.
Sweden pays ransom for the fort at Älvsborg, where 1619 Gothenburg is founded.
Sweden loses Viipuri /Viborg on the Karelian isthmus, southern Karelia, most of the German and all of the Baltic territories.
www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq731.html   (2411 words)

  
 List of Finnish rulers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Kingdom of Sweden (" Sweden-Finland ") ( 1523 - 1809)
Finland's nearly 700-year association with the Kingdom of Sweden began in 1154 with the introduction of Christianity by King Eric IX of Sweden (Saint Eric).
1160 - 1167 : Charles VII of Sweden ( Kaarle VII) - The House of Sverker
www.mywiseowl.com /articles/List_of_Finnish_rulers   (905 words)

  
 hvadskete.htm
Valdemar II The Victorious looses to his North-German vasals by treason from Ditmarsken.The Ejder river becomes border beetween Denmark and germany.
Valdemar the Victorious is defeated by the German Duke Otto von Lüneburg and the Bishop of Bremen.
Valdemar the 4th (Atterdag) defeats the Swedish peasant army and the Hanseatic city of Visby must pay three barrels of gold in ransom.
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 Valdemar I "The Great" King of Denmark Knutsson
The son and brother, respectively, of the Danish kings Valdemar I and Canute IV, Valdemar acted as the duke of Schleswig from 1188 and conquered Holstein (North Albingia) and Hamburg (1200-01).
Valdemar later broke with Otto, defeated a Welf coalition (1214), and supported Otto's rival, the future emperor Frederick II, who yielded to Valdemar the Wendish (Slavic) lands and the German territory north of the Elbe and Elde rivers.
Shortly after crowning his son Valdemar as joint king (1218) to perpetuate his dynasty's control over the vast Danish empire, Valdemar was surprised, captured, and imprisoned with his son by Count Heinrich of Schwerin (in northeast Germany) and held until 1225, his Danish and German vassals failing to come to his aid.
www.wildenradt.dk /genealogy/per00352.htm   (607 words)

  
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According to legend, the Danish flag 'Dannebrog' fell down from the sky while Valdemar was laying siege to the the Estonian fortress of Lindanise.
King Christoffer II was forced to make major concessions to the nobles and clergy at the expense of royal power, which was also diminished by the influence of the German Hanseatic League.
Sweden's collapse after the Great Northern War does, however, return Denmark some of its earlier position as a northern power.
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 Ancestors and Family of Valdemar I Knudsson the Great of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
King Valdemar was King Magnus's blood-relation; for Ingebjorg, mother of King Valdemar, and Malmfrid, mother of Kristin, King Magnus's mother, were cousins.
Derefter blev den berømmelige Valdemar, søn af den hellige Knud hertug og martyr, kong Erik den Godes søn, ophøjet til tronen af alle Danmarks bedste mænd, og salvet til konge og iklædt purpuret og kronet med den største hæder og ærefuldt indsat i kongeværdigheden af ærkebiskop Eskil, i året 1157 efter Herrens kødvordelse.
Valdemar married Sophia of Novgorod, daughter of Vladimir of Novgorod and Richiza Boleslawsdatter, in 1157 in Viborg, Jutland, Denmark.
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 WHKMLA : History of Sweden, 1250-1397
Sweden got into closer relations with continental Europe, to a large part facilitated by the HANSEATIC LEAGUE.
In 1397 Erik of Pomerania, Margarethe's adopted son, was elected King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (the UNION OF KALMAR).
In the 13th century, Sweden became an important supplier of iron and copper for the European marked; the STORA KOPPARBERGET copper mine traces her origin back to 1288.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/scandinavia/swe12501397.html   (444 words)

  
 All the Kings of Denmark
Elected King of Sweden in Arboga in Autumn 1440, became King of Sweden in September 1441, crowned in Uppsala 14 of September 1441.
Heir to the Danish throne in 1455, heir to the Swedish and Norwegian thrones in 1458.
Frederik VIII, Alexandra, Vilhelm (Georgios I of Greece), Dagmar, Thyra, Valdemar.
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 Valdemar I of Sweden
Valdemar never really ruled Sweden since his father Birger held an iron grip over the country.
Meanwhile, Valdemar had a relationship with his wife's sister (both of them princesses of Denmark) and had to go to Rome in order to get the Pope's forgiveness.
After his return, he was later imprisoned by his brother Magnus, (later Magnus I of Sweden) who was elected king.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/valdemar_i_of_sweden   (201 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Denmark, 1340-1490
In disputes with the HANSEATIC LEAGUE, Valdemar Atterdag succeeded in establishing the SOUND LEVY, which was to remain Denmark's most important source of income until it's abolishment in 1863.
With Valdemar's successor, Olaf I., Denmark and Norway were united in DYNASTIC UNION, a union which was, under Queen MARGARETHE, joined by SWEDEN in 1397.
While two kings claimed the crown of Denmark, Sweden's Riksdag elected one of their own, Karl Knutsson, king; he was also elected by the Norwegians.
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 general1
King Olof Skötkonung was baptized, and made Christianity the official religion of Sweden.
Sweden is split into three dutchies after the peace in Helsingborg 1310
The Malmö Festival is the largest annual event taking place in southern Sweden and attracts some 1.5 million visitors.
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 Valdemar I of Denmark Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
When Valdemar was sixteen years old King Erik III died and a civil war erupted.
Valdemar returned to Jutland were Sweyn quickly launched an invasion only to be defeated by Valdemar and killed in his flight.
He reorganized and rebuilt wartorn Denmark and at the instigation of Absalon declared war upon the Wends who inhabited Pomerania and the island of Rügen. In 1168 the Wendish capital of Arkona was taken and the Wends became Christians and subject to Danish suzeranity.
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 RULERS OF DENMARK (DANMARK)
Son of Erich II of Schleswig son of Waldemar IV son of Erich I son of Abel; deposed, died 1364
Son of Christoffer II Son of Håkon VI of Norway by Margrethe I daughter of Valdemar IV Daughter of Valdemar IV and mother of Oluf III; abdicated, died 1412
Bogusław, son of Warcisław VII of Pomerania by Maria daughter of Heinrich I of Mecklenburg by Ingeborg daughter of Valdemar IV; deposed, died 1459
www-personal.umich.edu /~imladjov/DanishRulers.htm   (788 words)

  
 Valdemar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several kings in Denmark and Sweden were named Valdemar :
The fictional country of Valdemar is the setting for a number of books and stories by Mercedes Lackey.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valdemar   (109 words)

  
 valdemar_i_of_denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Abroad, Frederick intervened in the Danish civil war between Svend III and Valdemar I of Denmark, and negotiations were begun with the East Roman emperor, Manuel I Comnenus.
His father was Baron Magnus von Braun and his mother was a direct descendent of Valdemar I of Denmark (1131-1182).
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 Encyclopedia: Kings of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.
However these records are in many cases derived from historical romances and therefore of dubious historical authenticity.
These have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, even though the sagas tell that this line of kings was broken (see Ingjald and Ivar Vidfamne), and trace them back to Sigurd Ring and Ragnar Lodbrok.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kings-of-Sweden   (1093 words)

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