Valdemar IV Atterdag and Helvig of Schleswig

[norwegianne]

Name: Valdemar IV Atterdag

Birth: ca. 1320

Child of:Christoffer II and Eufemia of Pomerania

Reign: 1340-1375

Marriage: Helvig of Schleswig

Children: 6 children, the most notable being Margrete/Margaret I

Death: October 24, 1375

Throne passed to: His grandson, Olav/Olaf/Oluf II of Norway

Notes:

Youngest son of Christopher II

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Valdemar IV held Visby to ransom.
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-va...nsom-1361-1882-artist-hellqvist-60437448.html

 

[Blog Real]

Valdemar Atterdag holding Visby to ransom, 1361, by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1851–1890).
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Valdemar_Atterdag_brandskattar_Visby_(1882).jpg

The tomb of Valdemar Atterdag in Sorø Abbey.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Valdemar_Atterdags_grav_Soro.jpg

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Drawing of Queen Helvig of Schleswig

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/thumbs/helvig-of-schleswig-1.jpg

 

[An Ard Ri]

Sorø Abbey wasa Cistercian Abbey and it survived until 1536 ,it had been a burial site for the Danish noble house of Hvide.
The Abbey church was thankfully preserved as a Parish church.
An engraving from the 1700's