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Before 1159 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 27) and [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 18) were married.
On 9th May 1170 King Valdemar II of Denmark was born to [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 39) and [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 30).
On 12th May 1182 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark (age 51) died. His son [his brother] Canute (age 19) succeeded VI King of Denmark.
On 15th August 1193 [his brother-in-law] King Philip II of France (age 27) and [his half-sister] Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark. He the son of Louis VII King of the Franks and Adèle Queen of the Franks.
Around November 1193 [his brother-in-law] King Philip II of France (age 28) and [his half-sister] Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 19) marriage annulled on the spurious grounds of her consanguinity with his first wife Isabelle Flanders Queen Consort France. She was kept, more or less, a prisoner for the remainder of her life being held in difference French castles.
On 5th May 1198 [his mother] Sophia of Minsk (age 58) died.
On 12th November 1202 [his brother] Canute VI King of Denmark (age 39) died. In 1202 His brother Valdemar (age 32) succeeded I King of Denmark.
In 1205 King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 34) and Dagmar of Bohemia (age 19) were married. He the son of Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark and Sophia of Minsk.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Around 1209 [his son] Valdemar the Young King of Denmark was born to King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 38) and [his wife] Dagmar of Bohemia (age 23). He married 24th June 1229 Eleanor of Portugal Queen Consort Denmark, daughter of Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal.
On 24th May 1212 [his wife] Dagmar of Bohemia (age 26) died.
In 1214 King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 43) and Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 16) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 27 years. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Valdemar "Great" I King of Denmark and Sophia of Minsk.
In 1215 Henry I King Castile (age 10) and [his sister-in-law] Mafalda Burgundy Queen Consort Castile (age 19) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile. She the daughter of Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal and Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of Alfonso VIII King Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile. They were second cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Around 1216 [his son] King Eric IV of Denmark was born to King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 45) and [his wife] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 18). He married 17th November 1239 Jutta of Saxony and had issue.
In 1218 [his son] King Abel of Denmark was born to King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 47) and [his wife] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 20).
In 1219 [his son] King Christopher I of Denmark was born to King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 48) and [his wife] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 21).
On 27th March 1221 [his wife] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark (age 23) died.
On 24th June 1229 [his son] Valdemar the Young King of Denmark (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor of Portugal Queen Consort Denmark (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his former brother-in-law] Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal. He the son of King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 59) and [his former wife] Dagmar of Bohemia.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 28th November 1231 [his son] Valdemar the Young King of Denmark (age 22) died in a hunting accident at Refsnæs, near Kalundborg.
On 29th July 1237 [his half-sister] Ingeborg Estridsen Queen Consort France (age 63) died.
On 17th November 1239 [his son] King Eric IV of Denmark (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Jutta of Saxony (age 16) were married. He the son of King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 69) and [his former wife] Berengaria Burgundy Queen Consort Denmark.
On 28th March 1241 King Valdemar II of Denmark (age 70) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Eric I King of Denmark
GrandFather: Canute Lavard
Mother: Sophia of Minsk