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1340s in Denmark
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Denmark-related events during the 1330s
Events in the 1340s in Denmark.
Incumbents
Monarch – Valdemar IV of Denmarkhttps://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Valdemar_4._Atterdag Valdemar 4. Atterdag da Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 2 March 2023
Events
1340
1 April Niels Ebbesen and his men kill Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in Randers.
24 June The 20-year-old Valdemar IV proclaimed King of Denmark at the Viborg Assembly (landsting).
1342
Valdemar IV recovered North Friesland, which he immediately taxes to pay off the debt on southern Jutland (7,000 silver marks).http://danmarkshistorien.dk/perioder/senmiddelalderen-1340-1536/valdemar-atterdag-og-genopbygning-af-kongemagten-1340-75/ Valdemar Atterdag og genopbygning af kongemagten 1340-75 danmarkshistorie (Aarhus University) August 1, 2018 April 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210421210030/https://danmarkshistorien.dk/perioder/senmiddelalderen-1340-1536/valdemar-atterdag-og-genopbygning-af-kongemagten-1340-75/ dead
Aalborg is incorporated as a market town.http://ddb.byhistorie.dk/privilegier/by.asp?koebstadID=73 Aalborg da Dansk Center for Byhistorie 2 March 2023
1343
23 April – Estonians rise against to the occupying forces of Denmark, the Teutonic Order, and the Livonian Order, starting the Saint George's Night Uprising.
1346
Valdemar IB takes back Vordingborg Castle, the main headquarters of the Holsteiners. By the end of the year, Valdemar can claim all of Zealand as his own. He makes Vordingborg his personal residence and expands the castle,
7 December Åkirkeby is incorporated as a market town.http://ddb.byhistorie.dk/privilegier/by.asp?koebstadID=72 Åkirkeby da denstoredanske.dk 2 March 2023
Births
1341 – Christopher, Duke of Lolland (died 1363)
4 January 1347 – Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (died 1370)
Deaths
1 April 1340 – Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (born c. 1292 in Holstein-Rendsburg)
2 November 1340 – Niels Ebbesen (born 1308)
2 March 1341 – Martha of Denmark, Queen of Sweden (born 1277)
References
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