Ruler · 1170 – 1241

Valdemar II of Denmark

Lived 1170 – 1241; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1202 – 1241; also in the line of Denmark.

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Lived: 1170 – 1241; 71 years
In office: 39 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 23rd of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

19 before

Canute V of Denmark1147 – 1157

Valdemar I of Denmark1154 – 1182

Canute VI of Denmark1182 – 1202

Valdemar II of Denmark1202 – 1241

Valdemar the Young1215 – 1231

Eric IV of Denmark1241 – 1250

Abel, King of Denmark1250 – 1252

33 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1202 – 1241 · 39 years · came to it aged 32

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Denmark (30th of 66).

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