Valdemar II Sejr, King of Denmark

1170 - 1241  (70 years)

• Name	Valdemar II Sejr
  Suffix	King of Denmark
  Birth	28 Jun 1170
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1241  [1]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Richiza of Denmark   d. 8 May 1220 ▻ Erik X Knutsson, King of Sweden ,  m. 1210 + 2. Sophie Valdemarsdatter of Denmark ,   b. 1159   d. 1208  (Age 49 years) ▻ Siegfried III von Orlamünde ,  m. 1181 + 3. Valdemar II Sejr, King of Denmark ,   b. 28 Jun 1170   d. 28 Mar 1241  (Age 70 years) ▻ Berengaria ,  m. Between 1213 and 1214 + 4. Helene of Denmark ,   b. Abt 1180   d. 22 Nov 1233  (Age ~ 53 years) ▻ Wilhelm of Brunswick-Lüneburg ,  m. Jul 1202
  Person ID	I25331	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Valdemar I den Store, King of Denmark,   b. 14 Jan 1131   d. 12 May 1182, Vordingborg, Denmark (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Sofie of Polotsk,   b. Abt 1141   d. 5 May 1198 (Age ~ 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt Sep 1157  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F15026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berengaria,   b. Abt 1194, Coimbra, Portugal d. 27 Mar 1221, Ringsted, Zealand, Denmark (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	Between 1213 and 1214  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Erik IV-VI, King of Denmark,   b. 1216   d. 10 Aug 1250 (Age 34 years) + 2. Sophie of Denmark,   b. 1217   d. 2 Nov 1247, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany (Age 30 years) + 3. Abel, King of Denmark,   b. 1218   d. 29 Jun 1252 (Age 34 years) + 4. Christoffer I, King of Denmark,   b. 1219   d. 29 May 1259, Ribe, Jutland, Denmark (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F15175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2020

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler., year only. [S6759] R. Bruce Diebold, "The Identity of the Father of Sophia, Wife of King Valdemar I of Denmark: An Evaluation of Competing Theories." The Genealogist36:196, Fall 2022.