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Valdemar I Knudsen (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great (Danish: Valdemar den Store), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II .
9 mag 2024 · Valdemar I (born Jan. 14, 1131, Denmark—died May 12, 1182, Denmark) was the king of Denmark (1157–82) who ended the Wend (Slav) threat to Danish shipping, won independence from the Holy Roman emperor, and gained church approval for hereditary rule by his dynasty, the Valdemars.
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In 1170, Valdemar I was the first Danish king to be anointed and crowned, while his son Canute VI was crowned as junior king beside him. By appointing a junior ruler during his lifetime, Valdemar aimed to secure an orderly succession, as he also accentuated his dynasty’s rightful prominence.
Valdemar II Valdemarsen (28 June 1170 – 28 March 1241), later remembered as Valdemar the Victorious (Danish: Valdemar Sejr), was King of Denmark from 1202 until his death in 1241. In 1207, Valdemar invaded and conquered Lybeck and Holstein, expanding the Danish territories.
King of Denmark (1157-1182), whose military expeditions against the pagan Wends established Denmark as a major sea power in the Baltic. Valdemar, known to posterity as “the Great” (Dan. den Store), was the son of Knud Lavard, duke of Schleswig, and Ingeborg, daughter of Mstislav, prince of Kiev; he
Because of his position as "the king of Dannebrog" and as a legislator, Valdemar enjoys a central position in Danish history. To posterity the civil wars and dissolution that followed his death made him appear to be the last king of a golden age.
Denmark's History. 36. Valdemar the Victorious. Valdemar the Great, Valdemar the Victorious' father, conquered Rügen. Canute the Sixth, his elder brother, conquered Pomerania from Prince Bugislav, and in the power vacuum created by Henrik Löwe's banishment, he also obtained dominion in Mecklenburg.
