Canute or Knud Valdemarsen was a son of King Valdemar II of Denmark, who became Duke of Revelia, Blekinge and Lolland.
Knud was the son of the king by his concubine, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman Esbern Snare and daughter of the late Guttorm, Riksjarl of Sweden.
Canute married Hedwig, daughter of Swantopolk I, Duke of Pomerania. He left two sons Eric, Duke of Halland (died 1304) and Lord Svantepolk Knudsen (died 1310), as well as a daughter who is said to have married a Folkung. Knud's land of Blekinge, with Lister, was given to his great-grandson lord Knut Folkason in the 1330s by King Magnus VII of Norway. Lord Knut's heirs continued to claim the lordship.
Knud was the son of the king by his concubine, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman Esbern Snare and daughter of the late Guttorm, Riksjarl of Sweden.
Canute married Hedwig, daughter of Swantopolk I, Duke of Pomerania. He left two sons Eric, Duke of Halland (died 1304) and Lord Svantepolk Knudsen (died 1310), as well as a daughter who is said to have married a Folkung. Knud's land of Blekinge, with Lister, was given to his great-grandson lord Knut Folkason in the 1330s by King Magnus VII of Norway. Lord Knut's heirs continued to claim the lordship.
Canute or Knud Valdemarsen was a son of King Valdemar II of Denmark, who became Duke of Revelia, Blekinge and Lolland.
Knud was the son of the king by his concubine, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman Esbern Snare and daughter of the late Guttorm, Riksjarl of Sweden.
Canute married Hedwig, daughter of Swantopolk I, Duke of Pomerania. He left two sons Eric, Duke of Halland (died 1304) and Lord Svantepolk Knudsen (died 1310), as well as a daughter who is said to have married a Folkung. Knud's land of Blekinge, with Lister, was given to his great-grandson lord Knut Folkason in the 1330s by King Magnus VII of Norway. Lord Knut's heirs continued to claim the lordship.
Knud was the son of the king by his concubine, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman Esbern Snare and daughter of the late Guttorm, Riksjarl of Sweden.
Canute married Hedwig, daughter of Swantopolk I, Duke of Pomerania. He left two sons Eric, Duke of Halland (died 1304) and Lord Svantepolk Knudsen (died 1310), as well as a daughter who is said to have married a Folkung. Knud's land of Blekinge, with Lister, was given to his great-grandson lord Knut Folkason in the 1330s by King Magnus VII of Norway. Lord Knut's heirs continued to claim the lordship.
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