Vordingborg Castle information

The Vordingborg Castle ruins (Vordingborg Slotsruin) are located in the town of Vordingborg, Denmark and are the town's most famous attraction. The castle...

Vordingborg (Danish pronunciation: [ˌvɒːte̝ŋˈpɒˀ]) is an old ferry town in Vordingborg Municipality in Denmark with around 12.000 (2022) inhabitants. Because...

Danish ships also carrying cavalry. In 1175, King Valdemar built Vordingborg Castle as a defensive fortress and as a base from which to launch further...

Upon his return, Valdemar gathered an army. In 1346, he took back Vordingborg Castle, the main headquarters of the Holsteiners. By the end of the year...

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Egeskov Castle (Danish: Egeskov Slot) is located near Kværndrup, in the south of the island of Funen, Denmark. The castle is Europe's best preserved Renaissance...

Frederiksborg Castle (Danish: Frederiksborg Slot) is a palatial complex in Hillerød, Denmark. It was built as a royal residence for King Christian IV of...

Rosenborg Castle (Danish: Rosenborg Slot) is a renaissance castle located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse...

Jutland (Jyske Lov) was approved at the meeting of the nobility at Vordingborg Castle in 1241, just prior to Valdemar's death there. Valdemar was buried...

castle of the realm') or simply Borgen ('the castle'). The present building, the third with this name, is the last in a series of successive castles and...

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Copenhagen Castle (Danish: Københavns Slot) was a castle on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in the late 14th century...

Sophia of Minsk c. 1157 Viborg Cathedral eight children 12 May 1182 Vordingborg Castle aged 51 Cnut VI (Knud 6.) 1170–1202 c. 1163 eldest son of Valdemar...

Dragsholm Castle (Danish: Dragsholm Slot) is a historic building in Zealand, Denmark. For about 800 years there has been a building on the islet by the...

when he had been king. Other parts of the land were used for Rosenborg Castle, Nyboder, and the new Eastern fortified wall around the old city. It included...

hand of the Portuguese, as they are trying to re-conquer Lisbon. Vordingborg Castle is completed by King Valdemar I (the Great) of Denmark as a defensive...

Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle in the town of Kolding on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula. The castle was founded in the 13th century...

Haderslevhus (or Hansborg) is the name of a castle that once stood in the Danish city of Haderslev, until destroyed by a fire in 1644. Like most of the...

Voergaard Castle (Danish: Voergaard Slot) is a moated Renaissance manor house located 10 km north of Dronninglund on the North Jutland peninsula in north-western...

October 1412 (24 years, 269 days) with Eric III (1389–1412) c.  1353 Vordingborg Castle youngest daughter of Valdemar IV and Helvig of Schleswig Haakon VI...

Rosenholm Castle (Danish: Rosenholm Slot) is Denmark's oldest family-owned castle. It is located on Djursland, north of Hornslet and northeast of Aarhus...

Aalborghus Castle (Danish: Aalborghus Slot) is a castle in Aalborg, Denmark. It is a half-timbered (bindingsværk) castle built by King Christian III from...

Schackenborg Castle (Danish: Schackenborg Slot, pronounced [ˈɕɑkŋ̍ˌpɒˀ ˈslʌt]) is a château located in Møgeltønder Parish, Southern Jutland. From 1993...