Ruler · 1320 – 1375

Valdemar IV of Denmark

Lived 1320 – 1375; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1340 – 1375; also in the line of Denmark and Goths.

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Lived: 1320 – 1375; 55 years
In office: 35 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 33rd of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

29 before

Christopher II of Denmark1320 – 1326

Valdemar III of Denmark1326 – 1329

Christopher II of Denmark1329 – 1332

Valdemar IV of Denmark1340 – 1375

Olaf II of Denmark1376 – 1387

Margaret I of Denmark1387 – 1412

Erik of Pomerania1396 – 1439

23 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 1340 – 1375 · 35 years · came to it aged 20

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

Also in the line of Denmark (40th of 66) and Goths (1st of 1).

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