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Valdemar IV Atterdag (the epithet meaning "Return of the Day"), Valdemar Christoffersen or Waldemar (c. 1320 – 24 October 1375) was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. [1] [2] He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers.
Valdemar IV Atterdag (born c. 1320, Denmark—died October 24, 1375, Zealand) was the king of Denmark (1340–75) who united his country under his own rule after a brief period of alien domination.
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Valdemar IV Eriksøn (born c. 1262, died 1312) was Duke of Schleswig from 1283 until his death in 1312. He was the eldest son of Duke Eric I of Schleswig and Margaret of Rugia . Early life. At the death of his father Duke Eric I in 1272, Valdemar was only about 10 years old.
Feb 2, 2023 · Valdemar IV Atterdag Christoffersen, King of Denmark. Son of Christopher II, King of Denmark and Euphemia of Pomerania, Queen Of Denmark. Valdemar was raised by the German Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria from 1326-38.
- Tikøb, Frederiksborg
- 1320
- Frederiksborg
- Tikøb, Frederiksborg, Danmark (Denmark)
VALDEMAR IV., king of Denmark (c. 1 3 20 - 1 375), was the youngest son of Christopher II. of Denmark. Valdemar was brought up at the court of the German emperor, Louis of Bavaria, during those miserable years when the realm of Denmark was partitioned among Holstein counts and German Ritter, while Scania, "the bread-basket" of the monarchy ...
Attempts of a powerful king, Valdemar IV (1320-1375), to reverse this development resulted in Sweden, Schleswig, Holstein and the Hanseatic League sealing a pact and forcing the king of Denmark to accept the Peace of Stralsund, which greatly strengthened the commercial position of the Hanseatic League.
During the Late Middle Ages, a number of significant territorial changes took place. In 1340, after the interregnum of 1332–1340, the Danish king was not even master in his own house, as most of the kingdom was mortgaged to the counts of Holstein.
