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Valdemar II, King of Denmark








Reign November 12, 1202 - March 28, 1241  (38 years)
Co-Monarch Eric IV of Denmark
Predecessor Canute VI of Denmark
Successor Eric IV




Full Name Valdemar Valdemarsen
House House of Estridsen
Birth May 9, 1170
Father Valdemar I of Denmark   (1131-1182)
Mother Sophia, Princess of Minsk  (1140-1198)
Brothers

Canute VI  (1163-1202)

Sisters

Sophia, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde  (1159-1208)

Maria, Princess-Abbess of Roskilde  (1165-1188)

Margaret, Princess-Sister of Roskilde  (1167-1188)

Ingeborg, Queen of France  (1175-1236)

Helena, Duchess of Lüneburg  (1177-1233)

Richeza, Queen of Sweden  (1180-1220)

Paternal Grandparents

Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig  (1096-1131)

Ingeborg, Princess of Kiev  (1099-1137)

Maternal Grandparents

Volodar, Prince of Minsk  (1114-1167)

Richeza, Princess of Poland  (1116-1156)

Death

March 28, 1241

Vordingborg, Denmark

(70 years)




Marriages
Dagmar, Princess of Bohemia  (1186-1212)

Married 1205

Widowed 1212

(7 years)

Berengaria, Infanta of Portugal  (1191-1221)

Married 1214

Widowed 1221

(7 years)




Children

Valdemar, Crown Prince of Denmark

(m.1229 Eleanor, Infanta of Portugal)

Born 1209

Died November 28, 1231

(22 years)

Eric IV of Denmark

(m.1239 Jutta, Duchess of Saxony)

(2 sons, 4 daughters)

Born 1216

Died August 9, 1250

(34 years)

Sophie, Princess of Denmark

(m.1230 John I, Margrave of Brandenburg)

(5 sons, 1 daughter)

Born 1217

Died 1247

(30 years)

Abel of Denmark

(m.1237 Matilda, Duchess of Holstein)

(3 sons, 1 daughter)

Born 1218

Died June 29, 1252

(34 years)

Christopher I of Denmark

(m.1248 Margaret Sambiria, Duchess of Pomerania)

(3 sons, 2 daughters)

Born 1219

Died May 29, 1259

(40 years)