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Valdemar IV of Denmark

Type Figure Region Denmark Time c. 1320–1375 Also known as Valdemar Another Day

King of Denmark (r. 1340–1375), famous for his nickname "Atterdag" (Another Day).…

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  1. 1326–1340Schleswig · JutlandBorn around 1320, son of Christopher II; exiled with his family after his father was deposed in 1326, he returned to Denmark in June 1340 and was crowned king, beginning the work of rebuilding Danish royal power.
  2. 1340–1350Copenhagen · DenmarkFrom 1340 he gradually recovered Jutland, Funen, Zealand and other divided territories, rebuilding central royal power; in 1346 he sold Estonia to the Livonian Order for military funds; around 1350 Denmark's territory was essentially reunified, and relations with Sweden and Hanseatic cities entered a new phase.
  3. 1350–1375Roskilde · DenmarkAfter the 1350s he continued to strengthen control over the Danish heartland, clashing repeatedly with the Hanseatic League and neighbors; in the 1360s he gained Scania and other southern territories, and died at Roskilde on October 24, 1375, whereupon Denmark entered the era of the Oldenburg dynasty.

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