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Valdemar was the son of Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig, the chivalrous and popular eldest son of King Eric I of Denmark.Valdemar's father was murdered by King Magnus I of Sweden days before the birth of Valdemar; his mother, Ingeborg of Kiev, daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, named him after her grandfather, Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh of Kiev.
1000 BF (Before Founding): Prehistory: Era of the Black Gryphon. Mage Wars (Skandranon) The Black Gryphon; The White Gryphon; The Silver Gryphon; 0: Founding of Valdemar. Founding (Baron Valdemar) Beyond; Into the West; 750 AF (After Founding): Reign of Elspeth the Peacemaker. The Last Herald Mage (Vanyel) Magic's Pawn; Magic's Promise; Magic's ...
Valdemar then took on an expansionist policy against his German neighbors, conquering Lübeck, Hamburg, and all the way to Gdańsk with the conquest of Pomerania. [19] One of his conquests is especially known in danish history. Valdemar embarked on a crusade against the pegan Estonias, where Valdemar would fight a battle in Tallinn.
The story of the Baron Kordas Valdemar fleeing with his people the oppressive Eastern Empire and founding the kingdom of Valdemar in the western wilds. The trilogy takes place c. 1000 years after The Mage Wars and some 1400 years before the original Arrows trilogy.
The Danes landed in Livonia, built a fortress at Reval , and conquered both Estonian and Livonian territory, clashing with the Germans—who even attempted to assassinate Valdemar. [32] Albert was able to reach an accommodation a year later, however, and in 1222 Valdemar returned all Livonian lands and possessions to Albert's control. [34]
Margaret's parents, King Valdemar IV (left) and Queen Helvig (right), c. 1375. Margaret was born in March 1353 as the sixth and youngest child of King Valdemar IV and Queen Helvig of Denmark. [1] [23] She was born in the prison of Søborg Castle, where her father had already confined her mother. [24]
Valdemar also had a relationship with his sister-in-law Jutta. In 1272, Princess Jutta visited Sweden and became Valdemar's mistress. The affair resulted in a child born in 1273. The following year, Jutta was placed in a convent and Valdemar was forced to make a pilgrimage to Rome to ask for the absolution of the Pope.
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