King of Denmark Valdemar I KNUDSEN
1131 - 1182 (51 years)-
Name King of Denmark Valdemar I KNUDSEN Born 14 Jan 1131 Slesvig 
Gender Male Birth 14 Jan 1131 Roskilde, Kopenhagen, Denmark Title (Facts Pg) King of Denmark 1157-1182 Name Valdemar I Den Store Died 12 May 1182 Vordingborg Buried Ringsted Person ID I1125 Conrad Jenssen Family Tree Last Modified 19 Jun 2013
Father King S.Jutland and Wends Knut ERIKSSON, b. 12 Mar 1091, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark , d. 07 Jan 1131, Haraldsted-Skov, Soro, Denmark (Age 39 years) Relationship Related Mother Princess of Kiev Ingeborg Princess of RUSSIA, b. Abt 1099, Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine Relationship Related Family ID F187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sofie VLADIMIRSDATTER, b. Abt 1140, d. 05 May 1198 (Age ~ 58 years) Married Abt 1157 Viborg Children 1. Konge af Danmark Valdemar II SEJR, b. 21 Jun 1170, d. 28 Mar 1241, Vordingborg (Age 70 years) [Natural]2. Richiza Valdemarsdatter Princess of DENMARK, b. Abt 1178 [Natural] 3. Sophie VALDEMARSDATTER, b. 1159, Denmark , d. 1224 (Age 65 years) [Natural]Family ID F105 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Dansk konge 1157-82. Død af "febril Bronchitis" (Skyum-Nielsen: Kvindeog slave, 1 9 7 1 , s . 2 1 2 ) .Valdemar I "The Great" Knudsen, King of Denmark:
Waldemar (Valdemar) I, King of Denmark, 1157-1182, who united his country under his authority. With the help of Henry the Lion of Saxony and Albert the Bear of Brandenburg, he conducted a crusade against the pagan Wends in Rugen and Pomerania. Later he erected a wall (Wall of Waldemar or Dannevirke) to protect his people from Saxony to the south and swore homage to Frederick I Barbarossa as added protection against the aggressiveness of Henry the Lion.
- Dictionary of Medieval Civilization by Joseph Dahmus
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- Dansk konge 1157-82. Død af "febril Bronchitis" (Skyum-Nielsen: Kvindeog slave, 1 9 7 1 , s . 2 1 2 ) .Valdemar I "The Great" Knudsen, King of Denmark: