Valdemar I | |||||
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![]() 1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia | |||||
King of Denmark | |||||
Reign | 1154 – 12 May 1182 | ||||
Predecessor | Sweyn III | ||||
Successor | Canute VI | ||||
Born | 14 January 1131 Schleswig, Denmark | ||||
Died | 12 May 1182 Vordingborg Castle, Vordingborg, Denmark | (aged 51)||||
Burial | St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted, Denmark | ||||
Consort | Sophia of Minsk | ||||
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House | Estridsen | ||||
Father | Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig | ||||
Mother | Ingeborg 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]