. This includes:
. The kingdom had been elective (although the eldest son or brother of the previous king was usually elected) until 1660, when it became hereditary and
. Until 1864 Denmark was also united in a personal union with the duchies of
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Gorm the Old (Gorm den Gamle) |
934/36? |
958 |
| 2 |
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Harald I Bluetooth (Harald Blåtand) |
958 |
986/87 |
| 3 |
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Sweyn I ForkbeardSweyn I Forkbeard, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in English Sven the Dane, also known as Swegen and Tuck , was king of Denmark and England, as well as parts of Norway. He was a Viking leader and the father of Cnut the Great...
(Svend Tveskæg) |
986/87 |
February 3, 1014 |
| 4 |
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Harald II Harald II of Denmark was king of Denmark from 1014 to 1018. He was the eldest son of Sweyn I of Denmark and Gunhilda and was regent while his father was fighting Ethelred the Unready in England. He inherited the Danish throne in 1014 and died in 1018. After his death, he was succeeded by his...
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1014 |
1018 |
| 5 |
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Cnut the Great (Knud den Store or Knud II) |
1018 |
November 12, 1035 |
| 6 |
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Harthacnut (Hardeknud or Knud III) |
1035 |
June 8, 1042 |
| 7 |
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Magnus the Good Magnus I was the King of Norway from 1035 to 1047 and the King of Denmark from 1042 to 1047. He was the illegitimate son of King Olaf Haraldsson, also known as Saint Olaf, by his concubine Alvhild...
(Magnus den Gode) |
1042 |
October 25, 1047 |
| 8 |
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Sweyn II Estridson (Svend Estridsen) |
1047 |
April 28, 1074 |
| 9 |
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Harald III Harald III Hen was king of Denmark from 1074 or 1076 to 1080. Harald III was the eldest illegitimate son of Sweyn II of Denmark. He was married to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter....
(Harald Hén) |
April 28, 1074 |
April 17, 1080 |
| 10 |
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Canute IV the Saint (Knud den Hellige) |
April 17, 1080 |
July 10, 1086 |
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Olaf I Olaf I of Denmark , was king of Denmark following his brother Canute IV starting from 1086. He was a natural son of king Sweyn Estridson and married Ingegard, princess of Norway, the daughter of Harald Hårdråde....
(Oluf Hunger) |
July 10, 1086 |
August 18, 1095 |
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Eric I the Good Eric I of Denmark , also known as Eric the Good Eric Evergood , was King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I in 1095. He was a son of King Sweyn Estridson, by his wife Gunhild Sveinsdotter, and he married Boedil Thurgotsdatter.He was born in the town of Slangerup in North Zealand...
(Erik Ejegod) |
August 18, 1095 |
July 10, 1103 |
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Niels Niels of Denmark , was king of Denmark following his brother Eric I. He was presumably the youngest son of king Sweyn Estridson and married Margaret Fredkulla, princess of Sweden, with whom he had Magnus the Strong, and later Ulvhild Håkansdotter.Four of Niels' older brothers had ascended to the...
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1104 |
June 4, 1134 |
| 14 |
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Eric II Erik II Emune was king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. His nickname means "the Memorable". Erik was an illegitimate son of Eric I of Denmark....
(Erik Emune) |
June 4, 1134 |
July 18, 1137 |
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Eric III Eric Lamb was the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I of Denmark....
(Erik Lam) |
July 18, 1137 |
August 8, 1146 |
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Sweyn III Sven III Grathe was the king of Denmark between 1146 and 1157. He served as a co-regent with Canute V of Denmark from 1152 until 1154 and again in 1157.Sweyn was the illegitimate son of Erik II Emune and a mistress....
(Svend Grathe),
Canute VCanute V of Denmark Canute V of Denmark Canute V of Denmark was a King of Denmark and a co-regent with Sweyn III and Valdemar I between 1146 and 1157.Canute was the son of King Niels' son Magnus, who had slain Canute Lavard, the uncle of Sweyn III...
(Knud V), and
Valdemar I the GreatValdemar I of Denmark , also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182. Buried in Skt. Bendts Church, Ringsted....
(Valdemar den Store) |
1146
1146
1154 |
October 23, 1157
August 9, 1157
(1182) |
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Valdemar I the GreatValdemar I of Denmark , also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182. Buried in Skt. Bendts Church, Ringsted....
(Valdemar den Store) |
(1154)
October 23, 1157 |
May 12, 1182 |
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Canute VICanute VI was King of Denmark . Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk.-Life:...
(Knud VI) |
1182 |
November 12, 1202 |
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Valdemar II the VictoriousValdemar II , called Valdemar the Conqueror or Valdemar the Victorious , was the King of Denmark from November 12, 1202 until his death in 1241...
(Valdemar Sejr) |
November 12, 1202 |
March 28, 1241 |
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Eric IV Eric IV , was king of Denmark from 1241 until his death. He was the son of Valdemar II by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Abel and Christopher I.Eric was coruler with his father from 1232....
(Erik IV Plovpenning) |
March 28, 1241 |
August 10, 1250 |
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AbelAbel of Denmark was Duke of Schleswig from 1232 to 1252 and King of Denmark from 1250 until his death in 1252. Abel's reign was the shortest of any Danish monarch. He was the son of Valdemar II by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Eric IV and Christopher I...
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November 1, 1250 |
June 29, 1252 |
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Christopher I Christopher I was King of Denmark between 1252 and 1259. He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Abel and Eric IV. He was elected King upon the death of his older brother Abel in the summer of 1252...
(Christoffer I) |
December 25, 1252 |
May 29, 1259 |
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Eric V Eric V "Klipping" was King of Denmark and son of Christopher I. Until 1264 he ruled under the auspices of his mother, the competent Queen Dowager Margaret Sambiria. Between 1261 and 1262, Eric was a prisoner in Holstein following a military defeat...
(Erik Klipping) |
May 29, 1259 |
November 22, 1286 |
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Eric VI Eric VI Menved was King of Denmark and a son of Eric V and Agnes of Brandenburg.He became king in 1286 at age 12, when his father was murdered 20 November by unknown assailants...
(Erik Menved) |
November 22, 1286 |
November 13, 1319 |
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Christopher II Christopher II was king of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. He was son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule ended in an almost total dissolution of the Danish state.Being the brother of King Eric VI, Christopher was a possible heir to...
(Christoffer II) |
January 25, 1320 |
1326 |
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Valdemar III Valdemar III of Denmark was a king of Denmark from 1326 to 1329 briefly when underage, as well as in 1325–26 and from 1330 to 1364 Duke of Schleswig. He was a rival king set up against the unsuccessful Christopher II and was widely opposed by his many subjects...
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1326 |
1329 |
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Christopher II Christopher II was king of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. He was son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule ended in an almost total dissolution of the Danish state.Being the brother of King Eric VI, Christopher was a possible heir to...
(Christoffer II)
(2nd time) |
1329 |
August 2, 1332 |
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(no king) (Interregnum An interregnum is a period of discontinuity of a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next , and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap...
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1332 |
1340 |
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Valdemar IVValdemar Atterdag was a King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375.He was the youngest son of Christopher II and spent most of his childhood and youth in exile at the court of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor in Bavaria after the defeats of his father...
(Valdemar Atterdag) |
April 22, 1340 |
October 24, 1375 |
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Olaf II Oluf IV Haakonsson was king of Denmark as Oluf II and king of Norway as Olav IV . Oluf was son of King Haakon VI of Norway and the grandson of Magnus II of Sweden. His mother was Queen Margaret of Denmark which made him the grandson of Valdemar IV of Denmark...
(Oluf II) |
October 24, 1375 |
August 23, 1387 |
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Margaret IMargaret I was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , and founder of the Kalmar Union, which united the Scandinavian countries for over a century.-Name:...
(Margrete I) |
(October 24, 1375)
August 23, 1387 |
June 17, 1397
(October 28, 1412) |
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Eric VII of Pomerania (Erik af Pommern) |
June 17, 1397
(October 28, 1412) |
1439 |
| 32 |
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Christopher III of Bavaria (Christoffer af Bayern) |
April 9, 1440 |
January 6, 1448 |
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Christian I Christian I , Danish monarch and union king of Denmark , Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch was preceded by regents, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by regent Kettil Karlsson Vasa...
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September 28, 1448 |
May 21, 1481 |
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John (Hans) |
May 21, 1481 |
February 20, 1513 |
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Christian IIChristian II was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , during the Kalmar Union...
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February 20, 1513 |
April 13, 1523 |
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Frederick I Frederick I of Denmark and Norway was the son of the first Oldenburg King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and of Dorothea of Brandenburg...
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April 13, 1523 |
April 10, 1533 |
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(Interregnum An interregnum is a period of discontinuity of a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next , and the concepts of interregnum and regency therefore overlap...
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1533 |
1534 |
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Christian IIIChristian III , king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anna of Brandenburg.-Childhood:...
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July 4, 1534 |
January 1, 1559 |
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Frederick II |
January 1, 1559 |
April 4, 1588 |
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Christian IVChristian IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway.-Biography:...
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April 4, 1588 |
February 28, 1648 |
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Frederick IIIFrederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He stands as the ruler who introduced absolute monarchy in Denmark.-Before becoming king:...
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February 28, 1648 |
February 9, 1670 |
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Christian VChristian V , was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 to 1699. The son of Frederick III of Denmark and Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
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February 9, 1670 |
August 25, 1699 |
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Frederick IVFrederick IV was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of Christian V and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel .-Foreign affairs:...
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August 25, 1699 |
October 12, 1730 |
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Christian VIChristian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V....
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October 12, 1730 |
August 6, 1746 |
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Frederick VFrederick V was king of Denmark and Norway from 1746, son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.-First marriage:...
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August 6, 1746 |
January 14, 1766 |
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Christian VIIChristian VII was King of Denmark and Norway, and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1766 until his death. He was the son of Frederick V, King of Denmark, and his first consort Louisa, daughter of George II of Great Britain.He became king on his father’s death on 14 January 1766, weeks before his...
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January 14, 1766 |
March 13, 1808 |
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Frederick VIFrederick VI reigned as King of Denmark from 1808 to 1839, and as king of Norway from 1808 to 1814. He also served as Regent of Denmark from 1784 to 1808 under his father's name, just like his British cousin The Prince of Wales, later King George IV...
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(April 14, 1784)
March 13, 1808 |
December 3, 1839 |
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Christian VIIIChristian VIII , king of Denmark 1839–48 and, as Christian Frederick, of Norway 1814, the eldest son of the Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen...
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December 3, 1839 |
January 20, 1848 |
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Frederick VIIFrederick VII was King of Denmark. He reigned from 1848 until his death. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg, and also the last king of Denmark to rule as an absolute monarch...
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January 20, 1848 |
November 15, 1863 |