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
1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia
Valdemar den Store statue in Ringsted
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
Valdemar I of Denmark
…1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II. 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 Magnus Nielsen days before the…
Canute Lavard in a fresco in Vigersted Church near Ringsted
The house of the former Canute Guild in Tallinn, Estonia