Valdemar IV of Denmark (Valdemar Atterdag) shown on a fresco in Næstved's Saint Peter's Church (Sankt Peders Kirke).

Valdemar Atterdag (c. 1320 – October 24, 1375) was a King of Denmark (1340 - 1375). ImageMetadata File history File links Valdemar_Atterdag. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Valdemar_Atterdag. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... Gavnø Castle on Gavnø island, Denmark. ... Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ... Events Europe has about 74 million inhabitants. ... Events October 24 - Valdemar IV of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his grandson Olaf III of Denmark. ...

He was the youngest son of Christopher II and spent most of his childhood and youth in a German exile after the defeats of his father. Here he acted as a pretender waiting for a come-back. King Christian II, painting by P. van Coninxloo, 1521. ...

1340 he was elected king following the assassination of Count Gerhard III, although his territory at this time was limited to the northernmost county of Jutland. King Valdemar is a pivotal figure in Danish history; he gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand, and finally reunited Denmark by capturing Scania in 1360. His methods were a mixture of heavy taxations, loans from Northern Gemans princes and a regular neutralisation of the minor mortgagees. 1346 he had sold Estonia, which had in reality already become a German colony, in order to get money for the redemption of the mortgaged Danish areas. He was the first Danish king who became the master of Copenhagen which was normally possessed by the bishop of Roskilde. Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. ...   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Events October 24 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War. ... // Events Serbian Empire was proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the South-Eastern Europe Foundation of the University of Valladolid Foundation of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge August 26 Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honored the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is faaaabulous. ...

His policy which in the start seems to have been generally accepted by the Danes was soon met with bitter opposition by the magnates of Jutland and two times in the 1350s they stirred up regular rebellions that were crushed by the king. He maintained a very strong royal power based upon his military forces and the loyal part of the magnates that made the fundament of the Danish rulers until about 1440. Many foreigners were appointed as supreme officials and councillors. The most important of them was the German-Slavic nobleman Henning Podebusk who was drost (“prime minister”) about 1365-1388. For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Henning Podebusk (Putbus), died circa 1388. ... Drost, the Danish name of a supreme state official who in Medieval Scandinavia was the leading man of the government. ...

King Valdemar did not only reunite Denmark but also successfully revived her role as a local great power. He intervened in both Northern Germany and Sweden and fought against the Hanseatic League by the conquest of the Hansa-dominated island of Gotland in 1361. However, the resulting conflict with the Hanseatic League ended in a Danish defeat, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Treaty of Stralsund which meant some economic and formal cessions to the Hansa. This defeat did not prevent him from trying to regain the lost South Jutland, an attempt which was about succeeding at his sudden death. The Hanseatic League (German: die Hanse) was an alliance of trading cities that established and maintained a trade monopoly over the Baltic Sea and most of Northern Europe for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, between the 13th and 17th century. ... Gotlandia, or Gotland, a historical Province or landskap, of Sweden. ... Events Founding of the University of Pavia, Italy. ... Events Beginning of the rule of Poland by Capet-Anjou family. ... The Treaty of Stralsund (May 24, 1370) ended the war between the Hanseatic League and the kingdom of Denmark. ...

Valdemar IV must be regarded as one of the most important of all Danish medieval kings. The sources leave the impression of an intelligent, cynic, reckless and clever machiavellian ruler with a certain instinct of politics and economy. He was succeeded by his grandson Oluf III of Denmark, the offspring of his daughter Margaret and Haakon VI of Norway, son to Magnus II of Sweden. Olaf IV Haakonsson, (1370 - August 23, 1387), King of Norway and Denmark, son of Haakon VI of Norway and Margaret of Denmark. ... Seal of Margaret I of Denmark 1381 and 1403 Margaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden (1353 – October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sonderjylland. ... Haakon VI Magnusson (appr. ... Sigillum ad causas for Magnus II of Sweden Magnus II Ericson, Magnus VII of Norway, (1316 – December 1, 1377), King of Sweden, Norway, and Terra Scania, son of Duke Eric Magnusson of Sweden and Ingeborg, daughter of Haakon V of Norway. ...

His nickname "Atterdag" is usually interpreted as "day again" (its literal meaning in Danish), but it is also possible it is a misinterpretation of the low German phrase "ter tage" ("these days"), which can best be interpreted as "what times we live in!" It could also be that "Atterdag" means "another day", referring to Valdemar's slogan used after his numerous defeats: "Tomorrow is another day" to encourage his followers. Plattdüütsch is a name for the regional language varieties: Low Saxon language East Low German language. ...

Many myths and sages have been made about this king, for instance he is a local version of "the wild huntsman". A famous sage about his mistress Tove who was killed on the initiative of his queen has been the inspiration of many romantic poets but in fact this sage originally seems to be connected with his ancestor Valdemar I. Romance or romantic can refer to: Romance (genre) - a style of Medieval narrative fiction. ... Valdemar I the Great (1131-1182) was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182 He was the son of Canute Lavard, a chivalrous and popular Danish prince. ...

He is buried in the church at Sorø Academy in Sorø, Denmark. Drawing of the courtyard at Sorø Academy, Denmark by Ole Jørgen Rawert. ... Sorø is a city in east Denmark, located in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand. ...