Helene
av Danmark
formerly Valdemarsdatter
Born about in Roskilde, Danmark
Ancestors 
Sister of
Christoffer Valdemarsen [half], Knud Valdemarson, Sofie Valdemarsdatter, Valdemar Sejr (Valdemarsson) Valdemarsen, Maria Valdemarsdatter, Ingeborg Valdemarsdatter, Rikissa Valdemarsdatter and Margaret Valdemarsdatter
Wife of
Wilhelm (Welf) von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 53
in Lüneburg, Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Biografi
Helena blev født ca 1180 som den yngste datter af den danske konge Valdemar den Store og hans kone Dronning Sofia.
Efter ægteskabet med hertug Vilhelm af Lüneburg sommeren 1202 fik hun titlen hertuginde Helene af Lüneburg.
I 1204 blev en søn født med navnet Otto, hertug af Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Hertuginde Helene blev begravet i benediktinerklosteret Sankt Michael i Lüneburg.
Biography
Helene Valdemarsdatter, Princess of Denmark was the daughter of Valdemar I 'the Great' Knutsson, King of Denmark and Sophie of Polotzk.
She married William of Winchester Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, son of Heinrich V Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Matilda of England, circa July 1202.
Sources
See also;
- on Helene Danish Wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_of_Denmark English Wikipedia]
- thepeerage.
- Book: Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 60.
- Book: Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 16 and table 113.
- Medieval Lands - Denmark.
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