Ruler · 1243 – 1302

Valdemar

Lived 1243 – 1302; politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1250 – 1275.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1243 – 1302; 59 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 25th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

21 before

Erik Eriksson1222 – 1229

Knut Långe1229 – 1234

Erik Eriksson1234 – 1250

Valdemar1250 – 1275

Magnus Ladulås1275 – 1290

Birger, King of Sweden1290 – 1319

Magnus Eriksson1319 – 1364

34 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, 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 1250 – 1275 · 25 years · came to it aged 7

Came to it: electedthe nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by close family

He was elected king following the death of his maternal uncle, Erik Eriksson, in 1250, while still a minor.

He was deposed in 1275 by his younger brother Magnus Ladulås, who succeeded him as king.

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