Danish Realm

transcontinental sovereign state and constitutional monarchy

7 dated entries naming Danish Realm, drawn from 7 separate years between 1274 CE and 1947 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Kingdom of Denmark in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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13th century

  • 1274Eric VI, king of Denmark (House of Estridsen) (d. 1319)source
  • 1276September 29 – Christopher II, king of Denmark (d. 1332)source
  • 1277Ingeborg Magnusdotter Swedish princess, queen consort of Denmark (d. 1319)source

14th century

  • 1313August 9 – In the town of Horsens in Denmark, Eric of Jutland reaches a settlement with King Eric VI Menved and receives the Duchy of Schleswig in return for renouncing all claims to Langeland.source
  • 1368April 4 – The siege of Copenhagen, capital of the Kingdom of Denmark, is started by the Hanseatic League as 37 ships and 2,000 soldiers arrive at the city after sailing from the German city of Lübeck under the leadership of the city's leader, Bruno von Warendorp. The invaders bring with them 400 horses and eight trebuchets (long range catapults) and four regular catapults. While the city falls in four weeks, the Absalon fortress on Slotsholmen island holds out for two months.source

16th century

  • 1514April 29 – After a month of negotiations at Linz between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Denmark, representatives of the two nations sign an alliance agreement, to be secured by the marriage of the Emperor's 13-year-old daughter Isabella, to the new King of Denmark, Christian II, along with payment of a dowry to King Christian of 250,000 Rhenish gulden, equivalent to $118,000,000 USD 500 years later.source

20th century

  • 1947April 20 – King Frederik IX succeeds his father, Christian X, on the throne of Denmark.source

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