Valdemar the Young

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Valdemar (III) the Young
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FatherValdemar II of Denmark
MotherDagmar of Bohemia

Valdemar (III) the Young (

King of Denmark from 1215 until his death.[1]

Valdemar was the eldest son and co-ruler of King

Latin: Waldemarus Tertius Rex Daniae, Filius Waldemari Secundi "Valdemar the Third, King of Denmark, son of Valdemar the Second". Although Valdemar III is more commonly used to denote a later king, Valdemar of Schleswig
.

Early life

Valdemar was born in 1209.[citation needed] He was the eldest child from his father's first marriage. His mother, Queen Dagmar, died in childbirth in 1212, leaving her husband a widower with a young son; she had been very popular among the Danish people due to her piety and kindness to the common people.

King Valdemar remarried two years later to

Abel and Christopher
. His new stepmother, a beautiful and haughty woman, unpopular and scorned by the Danish people, was a great contrast to Valdemar's mother Dagmar. When Berengaria died in childbirth herself in 1221, King Valdemar did not remarry.

The Junior King

At a meeting of the Danish magnates, which King Valdemar arranged at

Duchy of Schleswig
passed to his younger brother Eric.

During a great feast in

Mölln
in 1225. To secure their releases Valdemar II had to acknowledge the break away territories in Germany, pay 44,000 silver marks, sign a promise not to seek revenge on Count Henry and send his son Erik to prison instead.

Death of Valdemar the Young, portrayed by the Danish painter Christian Emil Andersen, 1843.

On 24 June 1229, the young king married Eleanor of Portugal, daughter of Afonso II of Portugal, at Ribe. The match had been arranged by Bishop Gunner of Viborg who the couple loved like a father. They had been married for two years when Queen Eleanor died in childbirth on 28 August 1231. The child was short-lived.

On 28 November 1231, Valdemar the Young was accidentally shot while hunting at

St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted
beside his wife, Queen Eleanor. His father then made his younger half-brother Eric co-king. King Valdemar II died ten years later and was succeeded by Eric.

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-030-91441-7
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  2. ISBN 978-1-5267-8956-3
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Valdemar the Young
Born: circa 1209 Died: 28 November 1231
Regnal titles
Preceded byas sole ruler (Junior) King of Denmark
1215–1231
with Valdemar the Victorious 		Succeeded byas sole ruler
Duke of Schleswig
1209–1216
with Valdemar the Victorious
 Succeeded by
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