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Valdemar I
1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia
King of Denmark
Reign1154 – 12 May 1182
PredecessorSweyn III
SuccessorCanute VI
Born14 January 1131
Schleswig, Denmark
Died12 May 1182(1182-05-12) (aged 51)
Vordingborg Castle, Vordingborg, Denmark
Burial
St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted, Denmark
ConsortSophia of Minsk
Issue
Detail
  • Sophia, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
  • Canute VI, King of Denmark
  • Maria
  • Margaret
  • Valdemar II, King of Denmark
  • Ingeborg, Queen of France
  • Helena, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
  • Richeza, Queen of Sweden
  • Walburgis, Duchess of Pomerania
Names
Valdemar Knudsen
HouseEstridsen
FatherCanute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig
MotherIngeborg of Kiev

Valdemar I Knudsen (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great (Danish: Valdemar den Store), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II.[1]

Valdemar den Store statue in Ringsted
  1. ^ "Valdemar Den Store 1131–1182". Danmarks Historien. Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

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