Valdemar Valdemarsson

Date: About 1170 to about 1241
Location: Denmark
Surnames/tags: Valdemarsson Early_Scandinavia Denmark

The new bio below is an attempt to tie together information from historians, archeology and sagas/legends.

Contents 1 Research Notes 2 Biography 2.1 Name(s) 2.2 Birth & Parents 2.3 Wives 2.4 Children 2.5 Christening 2.6 Death 2.7 Burial 3 Sources 4 Acknowledgements

Research Notes

This temporary page is for William Mortensen Vaughan and others to submit data for Valdemar II without being Pre-1500 qualified.

Biography

A.k.a. Valdemar II, a.k.a. Valdemar II, King of Denmark

Name(s)

Valdemar is his given name. He is son of Valdemar I the Great. His LNAB should be Valdemarsen or Valdemarsøn in modern day Danish; Valdemarsson is Swedish.

He is also know as:

Valdemar II, King of Denmark
Valdemar Sejr (sejr meaning victorious)
Valdemar "the Victorious" ^[1]

"Sejr" isn't a nickname or middle name, but what is known as a byname. It would not have been used in Valdemars own time, it is a later addition to his name (probably in the 1500's).

Birth & Parents

Harald was son of Valdemar I "the Great," (1131–1182 ), the King of Denmark, and his wife, Sophia Vladimirovna ( 1140–1198 ) of Denmark.^[1]

He is said to be 12 years old when his father dies so he is supposedly born 1170. Some online information ^[2] list him as being born in the early summer (May or June) 1170 in Ribe.

Wives

Dagmar of Bohemia (1186–1212)

Berengaria of Portugal (1191–1221)^[1]

Children

Knud Valdemarsen (1205–1260)

Valdemar III the Young (1209–1231)

Erik Plovpenning (1216–1259)

Abel of Denmark (1218–1252)

Christopher I (1219–1259)^[1]

Christening

Death

Burial

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2019), memorial page for Valdemar II “the Victorious” of Denmark (9 May 1170–29 Mar 1241), Find A Grave Memorial no. 96905003, citing Sankt Bendts Kirke, Ringsted, Ringsted Kommune, Sjælland, Denmark ; Maintained by Mad (contributor 47329061).[1]
2. ↑ https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_Sejr Danish Wikipedia

• Loberg, Lars, Vice Consul of Norway. Norwegian Kings and Vikings: Do They Belong in Your Family Tree? Presented at the Scandinavian Genealogical Societies meetings February 27, 1991. Accessed May 12, 2019, by William Mortensen Vaughan[2]

Acknowledgements