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unusual facts about Valdemar II



The first written mentioning of Vä as a town is from the 1250s, but alread in the early 13th century, the place is mentioned in the Danish Census Book, by king Valdemar.


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Henry I, Count of Schwerin

In the night from 6 to 7 May 1223, he abducted Valdemar II and his son Valdemar the Younger from the Danish island of Lyø, near Funen, where Valdemar was resting without his bodyguard, after he had been hunting.

Jakob Nielsen

Jacob Nielsen, Count of Halland (died c. 1309), great grandson of Valdemar II of Denmark

Margaret of Bohemia

Dagmar of Bohemia (also known as Margaret; 1186-1212/13), daughter of Ottokar I of Bohemia and Adelheid of Meissen, married to Valdemar II of Denmark