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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.
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.
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 of Denmark is the name of: Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark from 1157 to 1182; Valdemar of Denmark (bishop) (1158–1236), illegitimate son of Canute V; Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241), King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241; Valdemar the Young (1209–1231), co-king along with father Valdemar II
A series of Danish defeats culminating in the Battle of Bornhöved on 22 July 1227 cemented the loss of Denmark's north German territories. Valdemar himself was saved only by the courageous actions of a German knight who carried Valdemar to safety on his horse. From that time on, Valdemar focused his efforts on domestic affairs.
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.
Sophia (1241–1286), married Valdemar, King of Sweden; Ingeborg (d. 1287), married King Magnus VI of Norway; Jutta (1246–1286/95), mistress of Valdemar, King of Sweden, later Abbess of St. Agneta; Agnes (1249–after 1290), founding Abbess of St. Agneta; Sophie (1217 – 2 November 1247), married in 1230 to John I, Margrave of Brandenburg (d ...
Valdemar also adopted a hostile attitude towards the Dutch cities as well. These actions helped create an alliance between the Wendish cities, the Prussian cities, and the Dutch cities. Multiple other Hanseatic towns from various regions agreed to a formal military alliance, known as the Confederation of Cologne .