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  Encyclopedia: Valdemar IV of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a fresco in Næstved's Saint Peter's Church (Sankt Peders Kirke).
Olaf IV Haakonsson, (1370 - August 23, 1387), King of Norway and Denmark, son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark.
Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403 Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 – October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland.
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 VALDEMAR II. OF DENMARK - LoveToKnow Article on VALDEMAR II. OF DENMARK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Very different was Valdemar's second conference with Barbarossa, on the banks of the Eider, in 1182, when the two monarchs met as equals in the presence of their respective armies, and a double marriage was arranged between two of Valdemar's daughters and two of the emperor's sons.
The only serious domestic trouble during Valdemar's reign was the rebellion of the Scanian provinces, which objected to the establishment of a strong monarchy inimical to local pretensions and disturbances, and especially to the heavy taxes and tithes necessary to support the new reign of law and order.
Valdemar at once cultivated the friendship of the new emperor; and Frederick, by an imperial brief, issued in December 1214 and subsequently confirmed by Innocent III.
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 VALDEMAR IV. - LoveToKnow Article on VALDEMAR IV.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Valdemar was brought up at the court of the German emperor, Louis of Bavaria, during those miserable years when the realm of Denmark was partitioned among Holstein counts and German Ritte.r, while Scania, " the bread-basket " of the monarchy, sought deliverance from anarchy under the protection of Magnus of Sweden.
Neither the time nor the place of Valdemar's birth is known, but he could not have been more than twenty when he became the nominal king of Denmark, though, as a matter of fact, his territory was limited to the northernmost county of Jutland.
First Valdemar aimed at the recovery of Zealand, which was actually partitioned among a score of Holstein mortgagees who ruled their portions despotically from their strong castles, and sucked the people dry.
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 Valdemar IV of Denmark Online Research :: Information about Valdemar IV of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a Fresco in Nstved 's Saint Peter's Church (Sankt Peders Kirke).
King Valdemar is a pivotal figure in Danish history; he gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand, and finally reunited Denmark by capturing Skne in 1360.
He was succeeded by his grandson Olaf IV of Norway, the offspring of his daughter Margaret I of Denmark and Haakon VI of Norway, son to Magnus II of Sweden.
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 VALDEMAR I. - LoveToKnow Article on VALDEMAR I.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
VALDEMAR I. - LoveToKnow Article on VALDEMAR I. ancient division of the bishop's manors for administrative and judicial purposes.
In 1354 the liberties of several of the seven "tith-ings " (Sion, Sierre, Leuk, Raron, Visp, Brieg and Conches) were confirmed by the Emperor Charles IV.
A little later the influence of Savoy became predominant, and the count secured to his family the bishopric of Sion, of which he was already the suzerain.
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 VALDEMAR IV. OF DENMARK - LoveToKnow Article on VALDEMAR IV. OF DENMARK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But Valdemar was by no means disposed to submit to their dictation, and political conjunctures now brought about actual hostilities between Valdemar and the Hansa, or at least that portion of it known as the Wendish Towns,1 whose commercial interests lay principally in the Baltic.
In July 1361 Valdemar set sail from Denmark at the head of a great fleet, defeated a peasant army before Visby, and a few days later the burgesses of Visby made a breach in their walls through which the Danish monarch passed in triumph.
Valdemar's skilful diplomacy, reinforced by golden arguments, did indeed induce the dukes of Brunswick, Brandenburg and Pomerania to attack the confederates in the rear; but fortune was persistently unfriendly to the Danish king, 1 Rostock, Greifswald, Wismar and Stralsund.
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 Encyclopedia: Eric IV of Denmark
Valdemar II (1170–1241), called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious, was the King of Denmark from 1202 until 1241.
Berengária, princess of Portugal was Queen consort of Denmark, fifth daughter of Portuguese King Sancho I, wife of Danish King Valdemar II and mother of Danish Kings Eric IV, Abel and Christopher I. She was born c.
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.
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 Margaret I of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 – October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland.
Her first act after her father's death in (1375) was to procure the election of her infant son Olaf as king of Denmark, despite the claims of the husband of her elder sister and her son (the husband was duke Henry of Mecklenburg).
It had been understood that Margaret should, at the first convenient opportunity, provide the three kingdoms with a king who was to be a kinsman of all the three old dynasties, and in 1389 she proclaimed her great-nephew, Eric of Pomerania (grandson of Henry of Mecklenburg), king of Norway.
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 All the Kings of Denmark
Maria was daughter of Henrik III, Duke of Mecklenburg and Ingeborg of Denmark (older sister of Margrete).
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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 A brief history of Denmark : Part 2 (800-1536)
800 on, Denmark's main opponent was the Empire of the Franks, and later Germany (the eastern remnant of the Frankish Empire).
This expansionary phase came to a close with the defeat of Valdemar II "the Victorious" at the battle of Bornhøved in 1227.
From 1441, Denmark and the Netherlands had been working closely together on the international political arena, and this was emphasized by the marriage, in 1514, of King Christian II to a princess of the Habsburgs.
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 Valdemar IV of Denmark - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Valdemar IV of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1340, responsible for reuniting his country by capturing Skåne (southern Sweden) and the island of Gotland in 1361.
However, the resulting conflict with the Hanseatic League led to defeat by them, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Peace of Stralsund.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg1588 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Margaret of Denmark VALDEMARSDOTTIR was born 1353 and died 28 Oct 1412.
Erik VI Menved of Denmark ERIKSSON was born 1274 and died 13 Nov 1319.
Christopher II of Denmark ERIKSSON was born 29 Sep 1276 and died 2 Aug 1332.
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 MARGARET (MAID OF NORWAY) - LoveToKnow Article on MARGARET (MAID OF NORWAY)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
MARGARET (1489-1541), queen of Scotland, eldest daughter of Henry VII., king of England, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV., was born at Westminster on the zgth of November 1489.
MARGARET (1353-1412), queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the daughter of Valdemar IV.
358-412 (Copenhagen, 1897-1905); Erslev, Danmarks historic under dronning Margrethe (Copenhagen, 1882-1901); Hill, Margaret of Denmark (London, 1898)." (R. MARGARET OF ANJOU (1430-1482), queen of England, daughter of Rene of Anjou, titular king of Naples and Jerusalem, was born on the 23rd of March 1430.
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 Treaty of Stralsund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Valdemar IV of Denmark took the town and declared it to be Danish.
The Hanseatic League, which used to be rather a trade league than a political union, raised a fleet and blockaded the harbour of Copenhagen (1368).
Furthermore Denmark had to assure the Hanseatic League of free trade in the entire Baltic Sea.
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 Valdemar IV of Denmark - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand.
He finally reunited Denmark by capturing Scania and the island of Gotland in 1361.
However, the resulting conflict with the Hanseatic League ended in a Danish defeat, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Treaty of Stralsund.
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 Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
From 1018 to 1035, Denmark was ruled by Canute, the conqueror of England (1015-1016), where for a time he held court.
Magnus Olafsson became king of Denmark, jointly with Harald Hardrada, in 1045.
Denmark expanded into Germany in 1220 but by 1223 it had lost all its conquests and its influence in Norway was weakened.
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 Danish history (the s.c.nordic FAQ)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
King Valdemar II Sejr conquers Holstein with the town of Hamburg,which soon enough is re-captured by a united German army.
To avoid a war on the southern border, and to regain the rich Slesvig region, Queen Margrete I (the daughter of Valdemar IV) unites the Danish Duchy of Slesvig with the German County of Holstein by giving Slesvig as a fief to the Counts of Holstein.
Denmark adopts the "November Constitution" which aims to unite Slesvig (but not Holstein) with the Danish Kingdom and therefore is a violation of the peace treaty of 1851 in which Denmark had promised not to separate the two duchies.
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 Margaret Oldenburg of DENMARK - Etheldred DERING
\-Dulcia of (Aragon) BARCELONA Mechtild of DENMARK, Princess of Denmark
1 Mechtild of DENMARK, Princess of Denmark =Albrecht III of BRANDENBURG-STARGARD Marriage: 1272 2 Beatrix of BRANDENBURG-STARGARD =Henry II of MECKLENBURG, Prince of Mecklenburg 3 Mathilde of MECKLENBURG =Otto III of BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG 2 Margarethe of BRANDENBURG-STARGARD =Przemysl II of POLAND, Duke of Poland =Albrecht I of SAXE-LAUENBURG-RATZEBURG 2 Otto of BRANDENBURG-STARGARD 2 Henning of BRANDENBURG-STARGARD
1 Walpurga of DENMARK =Bogislaw I of POMMERANIA, Duke of Pommerania 2 Racibor of POMMERANIA, Duke of Pommerania =Salomea of POLAND 2 Warcislaw of POMMERANIA
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 A timeline of the Vikings and Scandinavia
950: Harald Bluetooth (Harold I) unites all of Denmark
1340: Valdemar IV Atterdag succeeds to the throne of Denmark
1375: Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Oluf, the son of Valdemar IV's daughter Margrete and King Hakon VI of Norway
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 Valdemar IV of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was elected king in 1340 following the assassination of Count Gerhard III, although his territory at this time was limited to the northernmostcounty of Jutland.
However, the resulting conflict with the HanseaticLeague ended in a Danish defeat, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Treaty of Stralsund.
He was succeeded by his grandson Oluf III of Denmark, theoffspring of his daughter Margaret and Haakon VI of Norway, son to Magnus II of Sweden.
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 Valdemar IV of Denmark - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Valdemar IV of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Valdemar IV of Denmark - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Valdemar IV of Denmark.
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 Ancestors and Family of Valdemar IV Atterdag
After the assassination of Gerhard in April 1340, Valdemar reached an agreement with John and was recognized as king of Denmark.
On returning to Denmark, Valdemar faced a revolt (1350) by leading Jutland magnates, aided by the counts of Holstein; it was the first of a series of uprisings challenging the formidable personal rule that he had established.
Valdemar married Heilwig Ericsdottir, daughter of Erik II Valdemarsen and Adelheid von Holstein, in Jun 1340.
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 BUCKNER ANCESTRY DATABASE - paf83 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
IV VALDEMAR was born about 1295 in, Denmark.
Tovelille VALDEMAR was born about 1295 in Denmark.
He died on May 1 1545 and was buried in Stenlose, Denmark.
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 Ancestors and Family of Margaret Valdemarsdottir of Denmark
Regent of Denmark (from 1375), of Norway (from 1380), and of Sweden (from 1389), who, 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.
The daughter of King Valdemar IV of Denmark, Margaret was only six years old when she was betrothed to Haakon, king of Norway and son of King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden and Norway.
The betrothal, intended to counter the dynastic claims to the Scandinavian thrones by the dukes of Mecklenburg and the intrigues of certain aristocratic factions within the Scandinavian countries, was imperilled by the renewal in 1360 of the old struggle between Valdemar of Denmark and Magnus of Sweden.
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 Olaf IV Haakonsson --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was the son of Haakon VI and of Margaret (Margrete), daughter of Valdemar IV, king of Denmark.
After Valdemar's death in 1375, Olaf was elected (1376) king of Denmark and succeeded his father as king of Norway in 1380.
Pope Gregory VII's 11th-century removal of Henry IV from the throne of Germany, one of the episodes of the Investiture Controversy.
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 VALDEMAR IV - Online Information article about VALDEMAR IV
alliance between the two crowns was even discussed, and Valdemar offered, for the huge sum of 600,000 gulden, to transport 12,000 men to England.
January 1368 Valdemar's numerous domestic enemies, especially the Jutlanders and the Holstein counts, acceded to the league, with the See also:
The conditions of peace were naturally humiliating for Valdemar,' though, ultimately, he contrived to render illusory many of the inordinate privileges he was obliged to concede.
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 denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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