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Waldemar II - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Waldemar II, 1170—1241, king of Denmark (1202—41), second son of Waldemar I. In the reign of his brother, Canute VI, he defended Denmark from German aggression and then extended Danish control over Schwerin. |
 | | When his German conquests had been confirmed (1214) by Frederick II, the German king, he undertook a crusade against the Estonians and became master of much of the Baltic region. |
 | | In 1223 he was treacherously seized by his vassal the count of Schwerin and held prisoner for three years. |
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