Cook Family Ancestry Valdemar I the Great of Denmark Knutsson King of Denmark [8338] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Erik I the Evergood of Denmark Svendsson King of Denmark [992]
(-1103)

Bothilde (Boedil, Bodil) Thorgautsdottir [6720]
(-1103)

Mstislav I (Harald) of Kiev Prince of Kiev [6724]
(1076-1132)

Kristina of Sweden Ingesdottir [6727]
(-1122)

Knut Lavard Eriksson Duke of South Jutland [6722]
(-1131)

Ingeborg of Novgorod [6723]

Valdemar I the Great of Denmark Knutsson King of Denmark [8338]
(1131-1182)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

Christof Valdemarsson Duke of Schleswig [8339]

2. Sophie of Polotzk [8340]

Valdemar I the Great of Denmark Knutsson King of Denmark [8338] ²⁴

Born: 14 Jan 1131
Marriage (1): Unknown
Marriage (2): Sophie of Polotzk [8340] in 1157
Died: 12 May 1182 at age 51

bullet General Notes:

Snorri Sturlasson does not show Helen.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05394

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1157.

Valdemar married.

Valdemar next married Sophie of Polotzk [8340] [MRIN: 3414], daughter of Volodar of Minsk Prince of Minsk [8341] and Richza of Poland [7148], in 1157. (Sophie of Polotzk [8340] was born about 1140 and died on 5 May 1198.)

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