King of Sweden Valdemar Birgersson 
King of Sweden Valdemar was born in 1243 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden. King of Sweden Valdemar's father was Jarl of Bjälbo Birger Magnusson and his mother was Ingeborg Eriksdottir. His paternal grandparents were Jarl of Bjälbo Magnus Minnesköld Birgersson and Ingrid Ylva Sunnesdotter; his maternal grandparents were King of Sweden Erik X Knutsson and Princess of Denmark Richiza Valdemarsdatter. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Erik, Gregor, King of Sweden Magnus I, Bengt, Richiza, Rikitsa, Katarina, Ingeborg and Christina. He was the fifth youngest of the ten children. He died at the age of 59 in 1302 in Stockholm, Sweden.General Notes
Valdemar I of Sweden
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Valdemar Birgersson (1239 – 1302), King of Sweden 1250 – 1275/1288/1302, was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden and Birger Jarl, Earl Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo, who more or less ruled Sweden from 1248 under king Eric Ericsson the Lame his brother in law. When king Eric XI died in 1250, Valdemar was elected king, while Birger Jarl (perhaps) was on crusade in Finland.
Even after the coming of age of Valdemar in 1257 his father Jarl Birger held a grip over the country. After Birger's death in 1266 Valdemar came into conflict with his younger brother Jarl or Duke Magnus, who wanted the throne for himself.
Valdemar had a relationship with his Queen's sister Jutta (both of them princesses of Denmark) and had to go to Rome in order to get the Pope's forgiveness. In 1288 he was imprisoned by his brother Magnus, (later Magnus I of Sweden) who had usurped his throne, being elected king in 1275.
Valdemar was married four times and left several children by Queen Sophia (dead 1286).
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- b.~ 1126 in Flanders, Belgium
- b.~ 1148 in Flanders, Belgium d.1194 in Bjälboatten, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1110 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1132 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1100 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1180 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.1228 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.~ 1146 in Trøndelag, Norway
- b.~ 1210 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.21 Oct 1266 in Varnhem Klosterkirke, Vastergotland, Sweden
- b.~ 1190 in Stockholm, Sweden d.1250 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.1243 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden d.1302 in Stockholm, Sweden
- b.1120 in Stockholm, Sweden d.1160 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1150 in Stockholm, Sweden d.08 Apr 1196 in Varnhem, Varnhems Klosterkyrka, Sweden
- b.~ 1110 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1130 in Slangerup, Denmark
- b.~ 1100 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.1180 in Stockholm, Sweden d.10 Apr 1216 in Visingsho, Jhonkhoping, Sweden
- b.~ 1160 in Stockholm, Sweden d.08 Apr 1196 in Varnhem, Varnhems Klosterkyrka, Sweden
- b.~ 1214 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden d.1254 in Bjälbo, Ostergotland, Sweden
- b.1182 in Copenhagen, Denmark d.08 May 1220 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
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