Valdemar I of Denmark

Names
	Valdemar Knudsen

Valdemar I
Valdemar I
	1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia
King of Denmark
Reign	1154 – 12 May 1182
Predecessor	Sweyn III; Canute V
Successor	Canute VI
Co-kings	Canute V; Sweyn III (until 1157);
Born	14 January 1131
Died	12 May 1182 (aged 51); Vordingborg Castle, Vordingborg, Denmark
Burial	St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted, Denmark
Consort	Sophia of Minsk
Issue; Detail	Sophia, Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde; Canute VI, King of Denmark; Maria; Margaret; Valdemar II, King of Denmark; Ingeborg, Queen of France; Helena, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.; Rikissa, Queen of Sweden; Walburgis, Duchess of Pomerania;
Names
Names
	Valdemar Knudsen
House	Estridsen
Father	Canute Lavard, Duke of Schleswig
Mother	Ingeborg of Kiev

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. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II.