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The Valdemarian Age (Danish: Valdemarstiden) commonly also referred to as the Valdemars (Danish: Valdemarene) refers to a 84-year long period in Danish history between 1157 and 1241, beginning with the reign of Valdemar I, and ending with the death of Valdemar II. The period is heavily centered around the Danish Crusades in the Baltic Sea.
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 ...
The Danish–Hanseatic War (1361–1370) was both a trade and territorial conflict mainly between the Kingdom of Denmark, led by King Valdemar IV, and the Hanseatic League, the latter of which was led by the rich and powerful merchant city of Lübeck.
The goal of the marriage for King Valdemar was regaining Scania, which since 1332 had been mortgaged to Sweden. [25] Per contemporary sources, the marriage contract contained an agreement to give Helsingborg Castle back to Denmark, but that was not enough for Valdemar, who in June 1359 took a large army across Øresund and soon occupied Scania ...
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Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar (2008) Changing the World: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2009) Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar (2010) Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar (2011) No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2014) Crucible: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2015) Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar (2016, ISBN 978 ...
It was Absalon's intention to clear the Baltic Sea of the Wendish pirates who inhabited its southern littoral zone, which was later called Pomerania. The pirates had raided the Danish coasts during the civil war of Sweyn III, Canute V, and Valdemar, to the point where at the accession of Valdemar one-third of Denmark lay wasted and depopulated. [2]