Lavender - Our Family Genealogy Pages

Discovering our British, French, Polish and German Ancestors

Valdemar II of Denmark (maid. name King of Denmark)

Male 1170 - 1241  (70 years)Deceased


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Valdemar II of Denmark (maid. name King of Denmark) was born on 28 Jun 1170 in Ribe, Denmark (son of Valdemar I "The Great" of Denmark and Sophia of Minsk); died on 28 Mar 1241 in Vordingborg, Storstrom, Denmark.

    Valdemar married Dagmar (Marketa) of Bohemia in 1205 in Ribe, Denmark. Dagmar was born in 1186 in Praha, Praha, Czech Republic; died on 24 May 1213 in Ribe, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Valdemar married Helena Guttormsdotter in 1202 in Roskilde, Denmark. Helena was born in 1170 in Sweden; died in 1214 in Fjenneslev, Vestsjalland, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Valdemar married Berengaria De Portugal in 1213 in Roskilde, East Sjaelland Island, Denmark. Berengaria (daughter of Sancho I of Portugal and Aldonza Dulcia Of Barcelona Berenger) was born in 1194 in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; died on 27 Mar 1221 in Ringstead, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Erik IV Valdemarsson of Denmark was born in 1216 in Roskilde, East Sjaelland Island, Denmark; died on 10 Aug 1250 in Sorø, Vestsjalland, Denmark.
    2. Sophia Valdemarsdottir of Denmark (maid. name Margravine of Brandenburg) was born in 1217 in Denmark; died on 3 Nov 1248 in Flensburg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
    3. Abel Valdemarsson of Denmark was born in 1218 in Roskilde, East Sjaelland Island, Denmark; died on 29 Jun 1252 in Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
    4. Christopher I Valdemarsson of Denmark was born in 1219 in København, Kobenhavn, Denmark; died on 29 May 1259 in Ribe, Denmark.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Valdemar I "The Great" of Denmark was born on 14 Jan 1131 in Roskilde, Denmark; died on 12 May 1182 in Vordingborg, Storstrom, Denmark.

    Valdemar married Sophia of Minsk in 1157 in .....Denmark. Sophia (daughter of Vladimir Dmitrij Vsevolodich, Duke of Novgorod and Ryksa 'Richeza' of Poland, Queen of Sweden) was born in 1140 in Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia; died on 5 May 1198 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sophia of Minsk was born in 1140 in Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia (daughter of Vladimir Dmitrij Vsevolodich, Duke of Novgorod and Ryksa 'Richeza' of Poland, Queen of Sweden); died on 5 May 1198 in Denmark.
    Children:
    1. 1. Valdemar II of Denmark (maid. name King of Denmark) was born on 28 Jun 1170 in Ribe, Denmark; died on 28 Mar 1241 in Vordingborg, Storstrom, Denmark.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Vladimir Dmitrij Vsevolodich, Duke of Novgorod was born about 1123 in Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia; died about 1176 in ...Poland.

    Vladimir married Ryksa 'Richeza' of Poland, Queen of Sweden on 5 Jun 1135 in Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland. Ryksa was born on 12 Apr 1116 in Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; died on 25 Dec 1155 in Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Ryksa 'Richeza' of Poland, Queen of Sweden was born on 12 Apr 1116 in Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland; died on 25 Dec 1155 in Kraków, Lodzkie, Poland.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sophia of Minsk was born in 1140 in Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia; died on 5 May 1198 in Denmark.