Valdemar, King of Denmark

Valdemar the Great Family
King of Denmark
Denmark

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Valdemar "the Great" Knudsen
b. January 14, 1131 Schleswig, Schleswig, Denmark
1157 King of Denmark
d. 12 May 1182 Vordingborg, Denmark
buried: Ringsted, Denmark

1m. Frille Tove
b. 1130
d. 1160

m. Sophia Vladimirovna of Minsk (widowed queen of Sweden) 1157 Viborg, Den
Half-sister of Cnut V, King of Denmark
b. 1141 perhaps Minsk, Poland
d. 6 May 1198
buried: Ringsted, Denmark
her father: Vladimir Vsevolodich, Prince of Novgorod
her mother: Ryksa Swantosloawa of Poland

her 2m. Volodar of Minsk 1184 (div 1187)

his father: St. Canute "The Pious" Lavard, duke of Schleswig (1096 - 1131)
his mother: Ingeborg av Novgorod (Kiev)

Child w/ Frille Tove (illegitimate)
Christoffer Valdemarsen Duke of Jutland	b. 1150 Roskilde, Denmark	d.11 Apr 1173 Slesvig, Slesvig, Denmark buried: Ribe Suddanmark, Den	m. may have been an "emancipated munk"

Children w/ Sophia of Minsk
Princess Sophie Valdemarsdottir	b. 1159 Roskilde, Sjaelland, Denmark	d. 12 Feb 1208 Denmark	m. Siegfried III, (Count) Graf von Weimar -Orlamunde
Knud VI Valdemarsen of Den. King of Denmark1182	b, 14 Jan 1163 Denmark	d. 2 Nov 1202 Ringstad, Ringstad, Sjaeland, Denmark	m. Gertrude von Sachsen of Bavaria, widow of Friedrch von Staufen Duke of Swabia -dau of Heinrich "Duke of Saxony
Marie Valdemarsdottier, Princesse nun at St. Maria's Convent, Roskilde 1188	b. abt 1165 Roskilde, Kobenhave, Den.	d.	m. nun at St. Maria's Convent, Roskilde 1188
Margrete (possibly) Valdemarsdottir Princesse # nun at St. Maria's Convent, Roskilde 1188	b. 1167 [wikipedia.org]	d. 1205	m. not listed by any known historical record for Valdemar . Alexander Pedersen, Danish Knight
Kristina Valdemaresdottir	b. 1168 Roskilde, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Vlademar II "the Victorious" King of Denmark1202	b. 9 May 1170 Ribe, Jyland, Denmark	d. 28 March 1241 Kalvehave, Den, buried: Ringsted, Den.	1m. Queen Consort Margaretha Dagmar von Bohem, Dronning of Danmark (d.24 May 1212)(dau. of Premysl Otakar, King of Bohemia) 2m. Berengeria, dau og King of Sancho I of Portugal
Ingeborg Valdemaresdottir, Queen of France	b. 1175 Ribe, Denmark	d. 29 July 1236 Corbeil, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France	m. Philip II Augustus, King of France
Helene Valdemarsdottir	b. abt 1176 Roskilde, Denmark	d. 22 Nov 1233 Braunschweig, Ger. buried: St. Michaeles, Luneburg, Ger.	m. William of Winchester, Lord of Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Ger.
Richeza of Denmark, Queen of Sweden	b. abt. 1180 Roskilde, Roskilde, Den	d. 8 May 1220 Ringsted, Den.	m. Eric X Knutson, King of Sweden, son of Knut Eriksson, King

birth dates according to wikipedia.org.

King of Denmark, Konge af Danmark, Flygtede fra blodgildet i Roskilde og besejrede Svend Grathe i 1157, hvorefter han blev konge. Valdemar førte korstog med venderne, og indtog Arkona i 1169.

Valdemar I was born days after his father, Duke Cnut Lavard, was killed by Magnus I of Sweden "the Strong"(1106 d. 1134), son of King Niels(abt 1065- d. 25 Jun 1135).

Valdemar the Great is said to have lead a group of crusaders who put the town of Arkona on the Baltic Sea under siege to prevent their raiding of the Danish coast. They conquered the sacred and fortified shrine to the heathen deity to Savantevit in 1168/9. After its destruction they became Christian subjects of Denmark. [Foundation for Medieval Genealogy]

#Margarete Valdemarsdottir inclusion in the family is listed as a "nun in Roskilde" in Roskilde Cathedral and wikipedia web sites. There is no known record for the connection I have listed for the marriage to Alexander Pedersen other than circumstantial. Even though Margarete is listed by Roskilde as "a nun" this does not preclude her to have been married with family. Many young girls may have been forced into nunnery by pregnancy out of wedlock which probably not the case here. With Valdemar's own history I doubt this would be the case. Although I don't have any specific dates to confirm this, it is possible that Margarete my have gone to a "nunnery" after raising her family. This actually is a tradition still found in Buddhism in Nepal for one. Frequently widows who have raised their families enter the Buddhist convents for support and to carry out the religious principles of faith and sharing. Also remember that she was fifteen years years old at the time of here father, Vlademar I, dies. She is obviously raised by her mother and court attendants.

A brief chronology Historical Dictionary of Denmark, Alastair H. Thomas shows some more details on the family.

Valdemar II (1170- 1231) conquered a good deal of the territory of Scandinavia. His second wife provided him with seven children. Their marriages sealed the connections with Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Holstein, and Pomerania. He is most famous for the story of the present flag of Denmark that came to him in a Battle of Lindanise in 1219. It is the oldest European flag design still in modern use.

Source:
       anonymous. records for Valdmar (Knudsen)the Great, King of Denmark. geni.com
                https://www.geni.com/people/Margrete-Valdemarsdatter-Prinsesse-af-Danmark/6000000007955928234
       Christoffersen, Kent records on MyHeritage.com 2016
       Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm
       Kipp. Gunther. records for Sweyn I "Forkbeard", King of Denmark. - on geni.com.
       Roskilde History and Genealogy, probably based on the Chronicon Roskildense (written 1139-43) http://www.roskildehistorie.dk ß
                Klement family -    http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/adel/Glob/Due_Klement.htm
       Saxo Grammaticus, who started writing his chronicle in [1185] chapters 1-9 in English available on google.books
       Skeel-Schaffalitzky, Santasilia, Pedigrees of Danish noble families, from uradel to counts and barons. for Niels Andersen Due. 2017
               https://finnholbek.dk/getperson.php?personID=I23574&tree=2
      Thomas, Alastair. Historical Dictionary of Denmark. Rowman & Littlefield, Jul 26, 2016,
       wikipedia.org

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