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Valdemar I of Denmark

1131 - 1182

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Valdemar I Knudsen (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great (Danish: Valdemar den Store), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valdemar I of Denmark is the 1,494th most popular politician (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Germany (down from 343rd in 2019) and the 107th most popular German Politician.

Valdemar I of Denmark is most famous for his victory over the Germans in the Battle of Bornhöved in 1227.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valdemar I of Denmark ranks 1,494 out of 19,576. Before him are Mohammed V of Morocco, Safiyya bint Huyayy, Galeazzo Ciano, Amyntas IV of Macedon, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and Ashur-uballit II. After him are Ptolemy Keraunos, John Tyler, Cambyses I, Agrippina the Elder, Makarios III, and Mohammed Shahabuddin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1131, Valdemar I of Denmark ranks 1. After him are Ladislaus II of Hungary, Myeongjong of Goryeo, and Ibrahim ibn Tashfin. Among people deceased in 1182, Valdemar I of Denmark ranks 1. After him are Maria of Antioch, Agnes of Austria, Maria Komnene, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi, Margaret of Navarre, Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, and Kirill of Turov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Valdemar I of Denmark ranks 386 out of 7,253. Before him are Regiomontanus (1436), Joseph Beuys (1921), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Harald zur Hausen (1936), and Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877). After him are Hugo Boss (1885), Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Lothar Matthäus (1961), and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Valdemar I of Denmark ranks 107. Before him are Otto of Bavaria (1848), Julius Streicher (1885), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (1868), Hermann Müller (1876), and Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744). After him are Fritz Sauckel (1894), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Ilse Koch (1906), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), and Ernst Thälmann (1886).

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