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Valdemar the Great is welcomed at Absalon's mother's house, where he sought refuge after the Blood-feast of Roskilde Peter Raadsig (1821–1840) During the Danish civil war, Sweyn III was said to have allied with the pagan Wends against his rivals for the throne. [8] Valdemar, being hostile to the wends, saw an opportunity for Christian expansion.
Valdemar II Valdemarsen (28 June 1170 – 28 March 1241), later remembered as Valdemar the Victorious (Danish: Valdemar Sejr) and Valdemar the Conqueror, [1] [2] was King of Denmark from 1202 until his death in 1241. In 1207, Valdemar invaded and conquered Lybeck and Holstein, expanding the Danish territories.
The Danish Civil Wars (Danish: Kongekrigene, Norwegian: De danske kongekrige) were a series of civil wars fought in the Kingdom of Denmark, first from 1131 to 1134 over the murder of Canute Lavard, then from 1139 to 1143, and finally a war of succession fought from 1146 to 1157, after the abdication of Eric III of Denmark, the first monarch in Danish history to have abdicated. [1]
1134 – Pomeranian forces invade and loot Roskilde and Copenhagen. [1] 23 October 1157 – the Danish Civil War ends following the Battle of Grathe Heath. Valdemar I becomes undisputed king of Denmark. 1147 – Danish forces attack Dobin am See as part of the Wendish Crusade. 1168 – Valdemar I and his army attack Rügen.
At the peace banquet in Roskilde on 9 August 1157, Sweyn planned on killing his two co-rulers, and succeeded in having Canute killed. The incident became known as the Bloodfeast of Roskilde. [2] Valdemar escaped to Jutland, and on 23 October 1157, Sweyn and his army faced and met him at the Battle of Grathe Heath, which gave him his nickname ...
He was a guest at the subsequent Roskilde banquet given in 1157 by Sweyn for his rivals Canute V and Valdemar. Both Absalon and Valdemar narrowly escaped assassination by Sweyn on this occasion, and escaped to Jutland , whither Sweyn followed them. [ 2 ]
King Valdemar and Absalon (ca 1128–1201), the bishop of Roskilde, rebuilt the country. Danish Empire and campaigns 1168-1227 During Valdemar's reign construction began of a castle in the village of Havn, leading eventually to the foundation of Copenhagen , the modern capital of Denmark.
Map of Scandinavia in 1219 — Danish occupied areas shown in light green. The (second) Battle of Bornhöved took place on 22 July 1227 near Bornhöved in Holstein.Count Adolf IV of Schauenburg and Holstein — leading an army consisting of troops from the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, Dithmarschen, Holstein, and various Northern German nobles, defeated King Valdemar II of Denmark and the ...