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Valdemar IV of Denmark

King of Denmark

13 dated entries naming Valdemar IV of Denmark, drawn from 10 separate years between 1320 CE and 1376 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 Valdemar IV, Valdemar IV Atterdag, Waldemar IV of Denmark in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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14th century

  • 1320Valdemar IV Atterdag, King of Denmark (d.1375)source
  • 1340June 24 – Valdemar IV of Denmark, son of deceased King Christopher II, is elected to the throne, following 8 years of interregnum.source
  • 1341The Danish king Valdemar IV Atterdag sells southern Halland for 8000 mark to king Magnus Eriksson of Sweden in order to finance the reunification of Denmark.source
  • 1359June 21 – Upon the death of Erik Magnusson, his claims to the Swedish throne die with him, and power is restored undivided to his father, King Magnus. With this unexpected death of Erik Magnusson, a previous promise to give Helsingborg to Denmark was reneged on by Magnus IV Eriksson. But Valdemar IV Atterdag was far too ambitious a ruler to have his plan to reassemble the Danish kingdom fall into pieces, and so he proceeded to invade Scania the next year with his mercenary army.source
  • 1360King Valdemar IV Atterdag of Denmark reconquers Scania, which has been in Swedish possession since 1332.source
  • 1360June – Valdemar IV Atterdag attacks Skåne and conquers Lindholmen Castle.source
  • 1360August – Peace is concluded between Sweden and Denmark with the arbitration in Helsingborg. Magnus IV Eriksson cedes the Scanian lands except northern Halland to Denmark. In return, Valdemar IV Atterdag must help Magnus against his domestic enemies.source
  • 1361July 27 – Battle of Visby: King Valdemar IV of Denmark conquers the city of Visby by defeating the defending Gutnish country yeomen, and takes Gotland.source
  • 1362July 8 – Valdemar IV of Denmark defeats the Hanseatic League in the naval Battle of Helsingborg.source
  • 1368May 2 – Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, falls to the Hanseatic League four weeks after the April 4 invasion of the kingdom and King Valdemar IV is forced to flee while the city is pillaged and looted by troops led by Bruno von Warendorp.source
  • 1375October 24 – Margaret I of Denmark becomes Regent of Denmark after the death of her father, Valdemar IV.source
  • 1375October 24 – King Valdemar IV of Denmarksource
  • 1376May 3 – Olav IV Haakonsson is elected King Oluf II of Denmark, following the death of his grandfather, Valdemar IV, in 1375.source

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