King Valdemar IV of Denmark

E791323

King of Denmark human medieval monarch

King Valdemar IV of Denmark was a 14th-century Danish monarch known for restoring royal authority, reconquering lost territories, and engaging in major conflicts with the Hanseatic League.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
King Valdemar IV of Denmark canonical	2
Valdemar IV of Denmark	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9276360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Valdemar IV of Denmark
Context triple: [Treaty of Stralsund (1370), belligerentParty, King Valdemar IV of Denmark]

A. Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
B. Eric IV of Denmark
Eric IV of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king whose turbulent reign was marked by internal conflicts and his eventual assassination.
C. Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark was a 12th-century Danish king known for consolidating royal power, defeating rival claimants, and laying the foundations for Denmark’s medieval expansion and Christianization.
D. Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Prince Valdemar of Denmark was a Danish prince and naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known as the youngest son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise and for his close ties to several European royal families.
E. Frederick IX of Denmark
Frederick IX of Denmark was the King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972, known for modernizing the monarchy and being the father of the current queen, Margrethe II.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Valdemar IV of Denmark
Target entity description: King Valdemar IV of Denmark was a 14th-century Danish monarch known for restoring royal authority, reconquering lost territories, and engaging in major conflicts with the Hanseatic League.

A. Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king known for expanding his realm into a powerful Baltic empire and for his role in the legendary origins of the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
B. Eric IV of Denmark
Eric IV of Denmark was a 13th-century Danish king whose turbulent reign was marked by internal conflicts and his eventual assassination.
C. Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark was a 12th-century Danish king known for consolidating royal power, defeating rival claimants, and laying the foundations for Denmark’s medieval expansion and Christianization.
D. Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Prince Valdemar of Denmark was a Danish prince and naval officer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known as the youngest son of King Christian IX and Queen Louise and for his close ties to several European royal families.
E. Frederick IX of Denmark
Frederick IX of Denmark was the King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972, known for modernizing the monarchy and being the father of the current queen, Margrethe II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of Denmark ⓘ human ⓘ medieval monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Valdemar Atterdag NERFINISHED ⓘ Valdemar III of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Duchy of Schleswig NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanseatic League NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate	c. 1320 ⓘ
burialPlace	Sorø Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Christopher, Duke of Lolland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingeborg of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalContext	14th century ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with Holstein counts ⓘ war with the Hanseatic League ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1375-10-24 ⓘ
deathPlace	Gurre Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Late Middle Ages ⓘ
father	Christopher II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Valdemar NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedPolicy	centralization of royal power ⓘ redemption of pawned Danish lands ⓘ
languageUsed	Danish ⓘ Latin ⓘ
monarchOf	Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Euphemia of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Estridsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	conflicts with the Hanseatic League ⓘ reconquering lost Danish territories ⓘ recovery of Jutland ⓘ recovery of Scania ⓘ recovery of Zealand ⓘ restoring royal authority in Denmark ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Denmark (exact place uncertain) NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Christopher II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1375 ⓘ
reignStart	1340 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Gurre Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Vordingborg Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
signedTreaty	Treaty of Stralsund (1370) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Helvig of Schleswig NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Olaf II of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	King of the Danes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Stralsund (1370) → belligerentParty → King Valdemar IV of Denmark ⓘ

Treaty of Stralsund (1370) → limitedPowerOf → King Valdemar IV of Denmark ⓘ

Margaret I of Denmark → father → King Valdemar IV of Denmark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valdemar IV of Denmark

King of the Danes → hasNotableOfficeHolder → King Valdemar IV of Denmark ⓘ