Valdemar the Young

His new stepmother, a beautiful and haughty woman, unpopular and scorned by the Danish people, was a great contrast to Valdemar's mother Dagmar.During a great feast in Schleswig in the summer of 1218, with 15 bishops and 3 dukes present, Valdemar was anointed and crowned junior King of Denmark.He took part with his father in the unlucky hunt on the island of Lyø in 1223, where both kings were taken prisoner by Henry I, Count of Schwerin and Valdemar was imprisoned until the Easter of 1226.[2] Count Henry demanded that Denmark surrender the land conquered in Holstein 20 years ago and become a vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor for father and son to be released.To secure their releases Valdemar II had to acknowledge the break away territories in Germany, pay 44,000 silver marks, sign a promise not to seek revenge on Count Henry and send his son Erik to prison instead.
Death of Valdemar the Young , portrayed by the Danish painter Christian Emil Andersen, 1843.
St. Bendt's ChurchKing of DenmarkCoronationValdemar II the VictoriousKalundborgEleanor of PortugalEstridsenValdemar II of DenmarkDagmar of BohemiaDanishValdemar of SchleswigBerengaria of PortugalChristopherSamsøFrenchCapetian dynastyDuchy of SchleswigSchleswigHenry I, Count of SchwerinHoly Roman EmperorOrlamündeMöllnAfonso II of PortugalViborgRingstedHouse of EstridsenValdemar the Victorious(Junior) King of DenmarkEric PloughpennyMonarchs of DenmarkKnýtlingaСanute IGorm the OldHarald I BluetoothSweyn IHarald IICanute IICanute IIIFairhairMagnus the GoodSweyn II EstridsenHarald III HenCanute IV the SaintOlaf I HungerEric I EvergoodEric II the MemorableEric III LambSweyn III GratheCanute VValdemar I the GreatCanute VIEric IV Plough-taxChristopher IEric V KlippingEric VI MenvedChristopher IIEric ChristoffersenValdemar IIIValdemar IV AtterdagBjälboOlaf IIMargrete IPomeraniaEric VII of PomeraniaPalatinate-NeumarktChristopher III of BavariaOldenburgChristian IChristian IIFrederick IChristian IIIFrederick IIChristian IVFrederick IIIChristian VFrederick IVChristian VIFrederick VChristian VIIFrederick VIChristian VIIIFrederick VIIGlücksburgChristian IXFrederick VIIIChristian XFrederik IXMargrethe IIFrederik Xmonarchs of Norwaymonarch of Englandmonarch of Swedenmonarch of Icelandcounts of Monpezat