Canute Lavard
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Saint Knud, also known as Canute Lavard was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leading towards
Canute Lavard in a fresco in Vigersted Church near Ringsted
The house of the former Canute Guild in Tallinn, Estonia
Valdemar I of Denmark
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Valdemar I Knudsen, also known as Valdemar the Great, 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 und
Canute Lavard
…canonized in 1170. He was an ancestor of the Valdemarian kings (Valdemarerne) and of their subsequent royal line. Canute Lavard was the father of King Valdemar I of Denmark (Valdemar den Store) and grandfather of King Valdemar II of Denmark (Valdemar Sejr). Canute was the only legitimate son of King Eric I of Denmark (died…
1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia
Valdemar den Store statue in Ringsted