Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320)

Valdemar IV of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375

Valdemar IV Atterdag, Valdemar Christoffersen or Waldemar was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375. He is mostly known for his reunion of Denmark after the bankruptcy and mortgaging of the country to finance wars under previous rulers. He gradually reacquired the lost territories…