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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 and Canute had consequently allied, and Valdemar became co-ruler in 1156. [4] Peace negotiations began in Spring 1157. An agreement was made to divide Denmark into three parts: Valdemar was to have Jutland, Canute was to have Funen, and Sweyn was to have Zealand and Scania. [5]
Valdemar was homosexual, [2] and from 1883 lived at Bernstorff Palace near Copenhagen with his nephew Prince George of Greece, who'd been taken as a boy to Denmark to be enlisted in the Danish royal navy, and be consigned to the care of Valdemar, who was an admiral in the Danish fleet. Feeling abandoned by his father on this occasion, George ...
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
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After reunifying Denmark, Valdemar I began reorganizing his military in a style akin to that of the Vikings, focusing heavily on amphibious assault and raiding. [2] These raids culminated in the late 1160s when King Valdemar and Bishop Absalon set out to conquer Rügen.
The new king of Denmark has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland in an apparent rebuke of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to take over the ...
The nobles of Denmark were getting worried about the growing German influence. Valdemar, having at first joined Sweyn, who had made him duke of Schleswig, changed sides and was betrothed to Canute's half-sister Sophie. Both Canute and Sweyn were hailed as kings at the Landsting in Viborg in 1154.