Category:Valdemar IV of Denmark

Valdemar IV of Denmark
	King of Denmark
	Wikipedia
Date of birth	1320
Date of death	24 October 1375; Gurre Castle
Place of burial	Sorø Klosterkirke;
Country of citizenship	Denmark;
Occupation	minister;
Position held	monarch of Denmark;
Family	House of Estridsen;
Father	Christopher II of Denmark;
Mother	Euphemia of Pomerania;
Sibling	Eric Christoffersen of Denmark; Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia; Q4965594;
Child	Christopher, Duke of Lolland; Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg; Margaret I of Denmark;
Spouse	Helvig of Schleswig;
Work location	Denmark;
Award received	Knight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre;
Authority control
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Valdemar Atterdag (c. 1320 – October 24, 1375) was a King of Denmark (1340 - 1375).

He was the youngest son of Christopher II and spent most of his childhood and youth in German exile at the court of en:Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor after the defeats of his father. Here he acted as a pretender waiting for a come-back. In 1361 he conquered the island of Gotland.