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Before 1159 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King 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 Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark (age 39) and Sophia of Minsk (age 30).
On 12th May 1182 [his father] Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark (age 51) died. His son [his brother] Canute (age 19) succeeded VI King Denmark.
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 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 Denmark and Sophia of Minsk.
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).
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 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).
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
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.
On 28th November 1231 [his son] Valdemar the Young King of Denmark (age 22) died in a hunting accident at Refsnæs, near Kalundborg.
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 Denmark
GrandFather: Canute Lavard
Father: Valdemar "Great" I King Denmark
Mother: Sophia of Minsk