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Absalon b. 1127 d. March 21, 1201
Roman Catholic Archbishop, Statesman. He was raised with Danish monarch King Canute Lavard's son, who later became King Valdemar I. Having studied theology in Paris, France, he was appointed bishop of Roskilde, Denmark in 1158 and archbishop of Lund (in present-day Sweden) in 1177. He conducted the expeditions against the Germanic tribe the Wends, capturing their castle stronghold of Arkona on the island of Rügen in 1169 and conquered the Germanic region ofg Pomerania in 1185. He erected sea-...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Birger of Sweden (Birger Magnusson den Yngre) b. 1280 d. May 31, 1321
Swedish King. He ruled from the death of his father Magnus III in 1290 until his own dethronement in 1318 and was of the Bielbo Dynasty, a grandson of the great Birger Jarl. His Swedish kingdom then included Finland and from 1293 the Vyborg area of Russia. As he became King at the age of ten, a regency under his powerful marshal, Thurchetel (Torkel Knutsson), had to run the country until he came into his own around 1298. He then married Margaret, also called Martha, a daughter of Denmark's king...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Skt. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Christoffer II of Denmark b. September 29, 1276 d. August 2, 1332
Danish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark from 1319 to 1326 and from 1330 to 1332. He was the younger son of king Erik V Klipping and queen Agnes von Brandenburg. He succeeded his elder brother king Erik VI Menved. Christoffer II was a weak king. When he was in need of money he pawned the country bit by bit to the Schauenburg Counts of Holstein. 1326 he was toppled from power by Count Gerhard von Holstein, who installed a child, the young Duke Valdemar of Schleswig on the throne as his...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Euphemia Von Pommern b. 1285 d. July 26, 1330
Danish Monarch. She was the daughter of Duke Bugislaw von Pommern. In 1307 she married the later king Christoffer II of Denmark. The couple had 6 children, among whom was King Valdemar IV Atterdag of Denmark. (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Holberg, Ludvig b. December 3, 1684 d. January 28, 1754
Writer, historian and playwright, born in Bergen, Norway, and educated at the universities of Copenhagen and Oxford. He was an outstanding figure of the Enlightenment and is called the father of Danish Literature. From 1714 to 1735 he was a professor at the University of Copenhagen in philosophy, metaphysics, Latin poetry and rhetoric, and history, and from 1735 to 1751 he was first the vice-chancellor and later the bursar of the university. He wrote a vast body of poetic and historical works...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Skytte)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Margaret of Sweden (Margareta Märta of Denmark) 'Martha' b. 1278 d. October 3, 1341
Queen of Sweden. Originally Princess of Denmark of the old Estrith Dynasty, she was born about 1278, the daughter of King Eric V Clipping and his young Queen Agnes, an Ascanian Dynasty princess from Brandenburg. In 1286 her father was assassinated at Viberg, and seven years later her mother was remarried to Count Gerard II the Blind of Holstein-Kiel and became the mother of John III the Mild. Betrothed from the age of 2, Margaret married 18-year-old King Birger of Sweden in 1298 and was then...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Skt. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Olaf (Olav of Denmark and Norway) b. December, 1370 d. August 3, 1387
Nordic Monarch. He reigned as King Olaf II (Oluf) of Denmark from 1375 to 1387, and as King Olaf IV of Norway from 1381 to 1387. He belonged to the Bielbo Dynasty of Sweden, as its last member, and was the only child of King Hacon VI of Norway and Queen Margaret the Great of Denmark-Norway-Sweden. He was born in Oslo at the fortress of Akershus. At the age of 5 he was elected king of Denmark, following the death of his grandfather Waldemar IV Otherday, and was the youngest king ever in Denmark. ...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Richeza of Sweden (Rikissa of Denmark) b. 1182 d. May 8, 1220
Queen of Sweden. She was originally Princess of Denmark of the old Estrith Dynasty, the daughter of King Waldemar I the Great. Her mother Queen Sophia was originally a White Russian princess of Halicka Land (Minsk), the daughter of Sweden's earlier Queen Richeza in that lady's second marriage. The illustrious Waldemar II the Victorious of Denmark was this Richeza's brother, and she was born no earlier than 1182, often called Rixa. A sister was married to King Philip II August of France. The...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Skt. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Valdemar I the Great b. January 14, 1131 d. May 12, 1182
King of Denmark 1154-1182. Valdemar I was the grandchild of King Erik I of Denmark. His parents were Duke Sct. Knud Lavard and Duchess Ingeborg of Russia. His father was murdered a few months after his birth and he was brought up in the noble Hvide-family together with his later companion Archbishop Absalon of Lund and Roskilde. In 1154 he was made Co-king of the kings Svend III and Knud III. The 3 kings ruled different parts of the country, which was divided by civil-war. His co-kings were out...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Skt. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark
Valdemar IV Atterdag b. 1320 d. October 24, 1375
Danish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He was the youngest son of king Christoffer II and his queen Euphemia von Pommern. Valdemar was raised at the court of the German emperor Ludwig von Bayern 1326-1338. 1340 Valdemar was elected king according to an agreement with the Counts of Holstein. This followed a period of 8 years without a king. The country was torn apart Now a "new day dawned" after the 8 dark years. The kings nickname Atterdag means "Dawn of a new day". By...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Sorų klosterkirke (Church of Soroe Cloister), Ringsted, Sjaeland, Denmark

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