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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.
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 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
Valdemar I of Denmark becomes King of Denmark Wendish Crusade: 1147 Crusader victory Founding of Copenhagen [3] 1167 Copenhagen founded by Absalon: Battle of Dösjebro: 1181 Royal victory Battle of Stellau: 1201 Holstein Subjegated Battle of Lyndanisse: 1215 Flag of Denmark reportedly fell down Expedition to Frisia [4] 1252 Death of Abel ...
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.
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.
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]
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 ...