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Encyclopedia > Waldemar Atterdag of Denmark

Valdemar Atterdag (c. 1320 - October 24, 1375) was a King of Denmark (1340 - 1375). He was the youngest son of Christopher II.


He was elected king in 1340 following the assassination of Count Gerhard III, although his territory at this time was limited to the northernmost county of Jutland. He gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand. He finally reunited Denmark by capturing Scania and the 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.


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.

Preceded by:
Christopher II		 King of Denmark Succeeded by:
Olaf III

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Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A (4503 words)
Waldemar Atterdag was defeated with the loss of a large part of his kingdom, and was obliged to flee from Denmark in 1368.
Waldemar Atterdag died in 1375, whereupon the Danish nobles chose to the Danish throne Olaf V., the son of Margaret, Queen of Sweden and Norway, Waldemar Atterdag's daughter.
Waldemar, the son of the chief of the powerful family of the Folkungar, was elected King of Sweden; and with him began the dynasty of the Folkungar.
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