ID: I3483
Name: Valdemar Valdemarsen King of Denmark II 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 09 MAY 1170 in of Roskilde, Denmark
ALIA: Valdemar II Knutsson
Death: 28 MAR 1241
Father: Valdemar Knutsson King of Denmark I b: 14 JAN 1131 in of Roskilde, Denmark
Mother: Sophie of Polotzk b: ABT 1140 in Russia
Marriage 1
Margareta de Bohemia b: ABT 1185 in Bohemia
Children
 Valdemar III King of Denmark b: ABT 1209 in Denmark
Marriage 2
Berengaria de Portugal b: ABT 1194 in Coimbra, Portugal
Sources:
- Title: Francisco Tavares de Almeida-- Medieval List-soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
Repository: Name: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com
Page: 11/4/2007
Text: Married 1213 /1214 Valdemar II Sejr, King of Denmark 1202-1241, son of Valdemar I den Store, King of Denmark 1157-1182 and Sofie of Polock Born 28 June 1170 Died 28 March 1241 Vordingborg Buried Ringsted
- Author: Charles Cawley
Title: Medieval Lands
Publication: Name: Copyright FMG and Charles Cawley 2006; Location: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Contents.htm;
Repository:
Text: VALDEMAR Valdemarsen, son of VALDEMAR I "den Store/the Great" King of Denmark & his wife Sofia Volodarovna of Novgorod [Rurikid] ([28 Jun] 1170-Vordingborg 28 Mar 1241, bur Ringsted Church). He succeeded his brother in 1202 as VALDEMAR II "Sejr/the Conqueror" King of Denmark. Imprisoned 1223-1225. Denmark and the Knights of the Teutonic Order agreed the division of Estonia between them in the treaty of Stensby in 1238[468]. The Annales Stadenses record the death "1241 V Kal Apr" of "rex Dacię Waldemarus"[469]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the death "1240 in cena Domini" of "rex Dacie Waldemarus"[470]. Betrothed (Hamburg 1202) to IRMGARD Pfalzgräfin, daughter of HEINRICH Herzog von Braunschweig, Pfalzgraf bei Rhein & his first wife Agnes von Staufen ([1200]-Lichtenthal 24 Feb 1260, bur Kloster Lichtenthal). The Annales Stadenses records the betrothal in Hamburg in 1202 of "duci Danorum" and "filiam fratris sui [=regis Otto] Heinrici"[471]. Although the daughter in question is not named, it is probable that it was the older daughter Irmgard. m firstly (Lübeck 1205) MARGARETA of Bohemia, daughter of PREMYSL OTAKAR I King of Bohemia & his first wife Adelheid von Meissen [Wettin] (-Ribe 24 May 1212, bur Ringsted Church). The Genealogica Wettinensis names "Vredislaum et filias tres" as children of "Odacarus qui postea fuit dux Bohemie" & his wife Adelheid, specifying that one daughter married "regi Dacie"[472]. The Annales Ryenses record the marriage in 1205 of "rex Waldemarus" and "Daghmar filiam regis Boemię", and in a later passage the death in 1212 of "Margareta regina" specifying that she was known as Dagmar "propter pręcipuam formę pulchritudinem"[473]. A 13th century genealogy refers to the two daughters of "rex Boemie Otaker" and his wife Adelheid, specifying that "unam" married "rex Dacie"[474]. She was known as DAGMAR in Denmark. m secondly ([18/24] May 1214) Infanta dona BERENGARIA de Portugal, daughter of dom SANCHO I "o Poblador" King of Portugal & his wife Infanta dońa Dulcia de Aragón ([1194]-Ringsted 27 Mar 1221, bur Ringsted Church). The Annales Ryenses record the marriage in 1214 of "rex Waldemarus secundus" and "Berengaria sorore Ferrandi comitis Flandrię" specifying that she was known as "Bringrenila", and in a later passage her death in 1221[475]. Mistress (1): ---. Mistress (2): HELENE Guttormsdotter, daughter of Jarl GUTTORM in Sweden. m as his third wife, ESBERN "Snare" [Hvide] (Fjenneslev [1127]-[Sębygård] 1204, bur Sorų Abbey). King Valdemar II & his first wife had one child: 1. VALDEMAR (1209-Revsnęs near Kalundborg 28 Nov 1231, bur Ringsted Church). The Annales Ryenses record the birth in 1209 of "Waldemarus tertius filius secundi"[476]. He succeeded his father in 1215 as VALDEMAR III "den Unge/the young" Joint King of Denmark, crowned 1218. Imprisoned 1223-1226. He died after being accidentally shot while hunting[477]. The Annales Stadenses record the death in 1231 of "iunioris regis Dacię" within a few weeks of his wife[478]. m (Ribe 23/24 Jun 1229) Infanta dona LEONOR de Portugal, daughter of dom AFFONSO II King of Portugal & his wife Infanta dońa Urraca de Castilla (1211-28 Aug 1231, bur Ringsted Church). The Annales Ryenses record the marriage "Ripis in festo beati Iohannis baptistę" of "rex Waldemarus III" and "filia Portugalię Elienor" and in a later passage her death in 1231 "in parto"[479]. The Annales Stadenses record the death in 1231 of "uxor iunioris regis Dacię"[480]. King Valdemar III & his wife had one child: a) child ([28] Aug 1231-[28 Aug] 1231). The Annales Ryenses record that "regina Elienor" died "in parto" but does not specify if the child survived or, if so, for how long[481].
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