We say goodbye to Valdemar Atterdag and see control of Denmark pass to his daughter Margaret.

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We say goodbye to Valdemar Atterdag and see control of Denmark pass to his daughter Margaret. Fresco of Valdemar Atterdag and his wife " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/valdemar_iv_fresco.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/valdemar_iv_fresco.jpg?w=739" /> Medieval pirate ship " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pirateship.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pirateship.png?w=474" /> Flag of the Kalmar Union " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flag-of-the-kalmar-union.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/flag-of-the-kalmar-union.png?w=370" /> Territory of the Kalmar Union " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/territory-of-the-kalmar-union.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/territory-of-the-kalmar-union.png?w=499" /> Kalmar Castle " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kalmar-castle.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/kalmar-castle.jpg?w=739" /> Coronation of Eric of Pomerania as King of the Kalmar Union " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/crowning-of-eric-of-pomerania.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/crowning-of-eric-of-pomerania.jpg?w=600" /> Margaret I – Queen of Denmark " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/margaret.jpg?w=230" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/margaret.jpg?w=383" /> https://archive.org/download/Episode13AlmightyLadyAndMistress/Episode%2013%20-%20Almighty%20Lady%20and%20Mistress.mp3

We say goodbye to Valdemar Atterdag and see control of Denmark pass to his daughter Margaret.

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Episode 13 – Almighty Lady and Mistress

An amateur history podcast about the oldest Kingdom in Europe. It follows the Danish monarchs from Gorm the Old to Margaret II across 1000 years.

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