{"slug": "valdemar-ii-of-denmark", "label": "Valdemar II of Denmark", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_II_of_Denmark", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157799", "qid": "Q157799", "description": "King of Denmark from 1202 to 1241", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1170, 1238], "span_label": ["1170 CE", "1238 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "hamburg", "label": "Hamburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "teutonic-order", "label": "Teutonic Order", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonian-order", "label": "Livonian Order", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonian-brothers-of-the-sword", "label": "Livonian Brothers of the Sword", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baltic-sea", "label": "Baltic Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wends", "label": "Wends", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tallinn", "label": "Tallinn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "livonian-crusade", "label": "Livonian Crusade", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-denmark", "label": "King of Denmark", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1170, "year_label": "1170 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – Valdemar II (the Conqueror), king of Denmark (d. 1241)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488642#Births", "title": "1170", "revid": 1367488642, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1201, "year_label": "1201 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Stellau: Count Adolf III of Holstein is defeated by the Danish army under King Canute VI. Adolf retreats with his forces to Hamburg, where he is besieged and later captured by Duke Valdemar of Schleswig.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364405568#Europe", "title": "1201", "revid": 1364405568, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Valdemar II of Denmark is recognized as king in Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361051821#Events", "title": "1204", "revid": 1361051821, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1210, "year_label": "1210 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – Eric X is crowned – which is the first known coronation of a Swedish king. He strengthens his relationship with his brother-in-law, King Valdemar II of Denmark (\"the Conqueror\"). Shortly after, Valdemar conquers Danzig (modern-day Gdańsk) on the Baltic coast, and Eastern Pomerania from the Slavonic Wends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321284058#Europe", "title": "1210", "revid": 1321284058, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1219, "year_label": "1219 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Livonian Crusade: Danish Crusaders led by King King Valdemar II (the Victorious), conquer Tallinn in the Battle of Lyndanisse. What is to become the flag of Denmark (Dannebrog) allegedly falls from the sky during that battle. Their stronghold in Tallinn will help the Danes conquer the entirety of Danish Estonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345005371#Europe", "title": "1219", "revid": 1345005371, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1223, "year_label": "1223 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – Henry I, Count of Schwerin, kidnaps the King of Denmark, Valdemar II and the king's 14-year-old son, Valdemar the Young, after landing with a group of soldiers on the island of Lyø, where King Valdemar had been hunting. King Valdemar will be held captive for three years until Easter Sunday of 1226, and released after payment of 44,000 silver marks and the surrendering of lands taken 20 years earlier in Holstein.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336497375#April–June", "title": "1223", "revid": 1336497375, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – After being taken prisoner of war at the Battle of Mölln in January, the Danish governor Albrecht signs the Peace of Bardowick in order to obtain his freedom, ceding Holstein to Adolf of Schauenberg, in addition to releasing King Valdemar II of Denmark and his son Valdemar the Younger, who both had been kidnapped in 1223 and held as prisoners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#October_–_December", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1227, "year_label": "1227 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Battle of Bornhöved: Count Adolf IV of Holstein – leading a coalition army from the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, defeats the Danish-German forces of King Valdemar II, and the Welf nobleman Otto I (the Child). Adolf shakes off Danish supremacy and accepts an overlordship by the Archbishopric of Bremen under Archbishop Gerhard II of Lippe. Adolf expands his power and establishes new frontiers within the Holy Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488499#Europe", "title": "1227", "revid": 1367488499, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1238, "year_label": "1238 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Treaty of Stensby: The Teutonic Knights sign an agreement with King Valdemar II of Denmark (\"the Conqueror\"). William of Modena, Italian papal diplomat, meets Grand Master Hermann Balk and Valdemar on a Danish island, settling outstanding disputes with Denmark. The Livonian Brothers of the Sword are merged into the Teutonic Order as an autonomous branch and become known as the Livonian Order.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337076438#Europe", "title": "1238", "revid": 1337076438, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}