Episode 7.8 - Margaret I of Denmark

Margaret lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries, and was the daughter of the King of Denmark. Despite obstacles, and general opposition to ruling queens at the time, she not only became the Queen of Denmark, she also was able to gain the crown of two more Scandinavian kingdoms, uniting them in a personal union that last more than century.

Sources

• Mary Hill, Margaret of Denmark

• Knut Gjerset, The History of the Norwegian People

• S.C. Rowell, New Cambridge Medieval History Volume 6 – Baltic Europe

Names Mentioned

• Albert of Mecklenberg, King of Sweden

• Bo Jonsson

• Eric of Pomerania

• Haakon VI of Norway

• Magnus IV of Sweden

• Valdemar