The island of Rügen and a
part of the mainland are conquered by Valdemar the great.
The duke of Pomerania is
forced to recognise Danish supremacy
The duke of Mecklenburg is
also forced to recognise Danish supremacy. The province of Ditmarsken in
Holstein is conquered the following year.
Holstein is conquered. The
holy roman emperor recognises the Danish possession of the north German
coast in 1214.
Pomerelia
recognise the Danish king's supremacy.
A crusade led by Valdemar Sejr
results in the conquest of Estonia.
The battle at Bornhöved
leads to the collapse of Denmark's Baltic sea empire.
Valdemar Sejr grant his younger son Abel the hereditary duchy of Schleswig.
Estonia is declared as Danish
after papal mediation between Denmark and the Teutonic knights.
Erik Menved is forced to
grant northern
Halland as a hereditary duchy to the Norwegian king.
Erik Menved's costly wars
forces him to pawn the island of Fyn to the counts of Holstein.
Rügen is united with Pomerania through inheritance although it
formally remain to be a Danish fief until 1438.
More territory have been pawned and granted as duchies. By 1332 the Danish state has practically
ceased to exist and no new king will be elected until 1340.
Count Gert of Holstein is
murdered and the newly elected king Valdemar Atterdag takes control over
his territories.
Valdemar Atterdag is forced
by the Swedish king to recognise that Skåneland is no longer a part of
the Danish monarchy.
Denmark is unable to
suppress a Estonian peasant rebellion. Instead they sell the province to
the Teutonic knights.
Valdemar Atterdag conquers
Skåneland from Sweden.
1361 Valdemar
Atterdag temporarily occupies Öland and Gotland. In 1366 he exploits the
Swedish civil war and conquers northern Halland and Gotland permanently.
