Scene from the Blood Feast in Roskilde. Canute is chopped down and Valdemar is attacked, while Sweyn with a royal crown follows.
Date
1131–1134; 1139–1143; 1146–1157
Location
Jutland, Zealand, Scania, Slesvig and Holstein
Result
Valdemar I of Denmark becomes King of Denmark
Belligerents
1131–1134
Eric II of Denmark
1131–1134 Niels I of Denmark Magnus the Strong
Harald Kesja
1139–1143
Eric III
1139–1143
Olaf Haraldsen
1146–1147
Canute V
1146–1147 Sweyn III
Valdemar I
1147–1154 Canute V
Sverker I of Sweden
1147–1154 Sweyn III
Valdemar I
1154–1157 Canute V Valdemar I
Sverker I of Sweden
1154–1157
Sweyn III
Commanders and leaders
Eric II of Denmark X
Niels I of Denmark X Magnus the Strong †
Harald Kesja
Eric III of Denmark
Olaf Haraldsen †
Canute V X Valdemar I
Sverker I of Sweden
Sweyn III †
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Military engagements during the Danish Civil War
Battles of 1131-1134
Battle of Jellinge Heath
Siege of Schleswig
Battle of Sejerø
Battle of Rynebjerg
Battle of Onsild Bro
Siege of Haraldsborg
Battle of Værebro
Battle of Fotevik
Clashes between 1139-1143
Battle of Landora
Battle of Bydinge Å
Battle of Glumstrup
Battle of Tjutebro
Battles of 1147-57
Battle of Slangerup
Battle of Tåstrup
Battle of the Eider
Battle of Viborg
Battle of Gedbæk
The Danish Småland War
The Bloodfeast of Roskilde
Battle of Grathe Heath
The Danish Civil Wars (Danish: Kongekrigene, Norwegian: De danske kongekrige) were a series of civil wars fought in the Kingdom of Denmark, first from 1131 to 1134 over the murder of Canute Lavard, then from 1139 to 1143, and finally a war of succession fought from 1146 to 1157, after the abdication of Eric III of Denmark, the first monarch in Danish history to have abdicated.[1] The first phase of the war was fought between King Eric II of Denmark and King Niels joined by Magnus the Strong. The second phase of the war was fought between the son of Magnus the Strong, Canute V of Denmark, the son of Eric II of Denmark, Sweyn III of Denmark, and his cousin Valdemar I of Denmark, son of Canute Lavard.[2] The civil wars marked an increase in the influence of the Holy Roman Empire in Denmark, and for a time after, Denmark was a vassal state of Emperor Frederick I.[3] The war ended with the deaths of seven kings. Two of the kings, Olaf Haraldsen and Magnus the Strong, are not amongst the official Danish line of kings. The other kings are Niels I, Eric II, Eric III, Canute V and Sweyn III.[4]
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Eric II of Denmark
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