His successor Radulf (1170–71), an Englishman and chancellor to King Valdemar I, translated to the cathedral the relics of Saint Leofdag, who was never formally canonized.
Danevirke 6 — Hovedvolden and Thyraborg
Valdemar I fortified the rest of Hovedvolden with the famous "Valdemar-wall", a 7-m high wall of stones in mortar on a granite boulder base, propped up with buttresses and covered with tiles.
Another story is that Esrum Abbey came into conflict with King Valdemar I, who, in order to complete the construction of Gurre Castle, supposedly forced the monks at Esrum to work as day labourers, much to the disgust of the abbot.
It is possible that Saxo then enlarged it with Books 15 and 16, telling the story of King Valdemar I's last years and King Canute VI's first years.
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Since this book is so large and Absalon has greater importance than King Valdemar I, this book may have been written first and comprised a work on its own.
St. Canute's bones were moved into a new chapel in the priory church at Ringsted in 1157 with the approval of St Canute's son, Valdemar I.
Because of his comment about Valdemar I’s Queen, Sophia, it seems that he might have been close to the King's court.
Valdemar I of Denmark (1131–1182), King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182
About 1170, the Nordic Knytlinga saga reported a siege of Jomsborg by the Dano-Norwegian king Magnus (1043) and a campaign against that place by the Danish king Valdemar I (1170).
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Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1175–1236), wife of Philip II of France and daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark