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    Battle of Fotevik (Danish: Slaget ved Fodevig) was fought between forces of King Niels of Denmark and his son Magnus Nilsson, against those of Erik Emune...
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    great-grandson of King Magnus the Good of Norway and Denmark. Eric was the nephew of Eric II of Denmark; he fought for Eric II at the decisive Battle of Fotevik in...
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  • Henrik Skadelår (category Princes of Denmark)
    his father, Svend Tronkræver, an illegitimate son of King Sweyn II. He died in the Battle of Fotevik before he could press his claim. Henrik was born to...
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    Norway. Battle of Fotevik: Harald Kesja and Magnus the Strong are defeated by the forces of Erik Emune. Eric II becomes King of Denmark. The House of Brandenburg...
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    1134, he defeated king Niels' entire army at the Battle of Fotevik in Scania, with the crucial help of German mounted mercenaries, and Niels died within...
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  • in the Battle of Fotevik. Volodar and Richeza had the daughter Sofia of Minsk, who later married Valdemar the Great of Denmark. The marriage of Volodar...
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    the battle for Scania in 1134. Niels and Magnus landed at Fotevik Bay in Scania in June 1134 seeking to deal Eric a decisive defeat. At the Battle of Fotevik...
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    the archaeological investigation of sunken viking ships in Foteviken Bay and local interest in the Battle of Fotevik, which was fought there on 4 June...
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    built church. He is apparently the same Bishop Henry who died at the Battle of Fotevik in 1134, fighting along with the Danes after being banished from Sweden...
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    the turmoils of the 12th and 13th centuries, although most were not elevated to sainthood. Saxo Grammaticus said of the Battle of Fotevik in 1134 that...
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    in 1069–1070. Ulfketil, 1102–1134, died in the Battle of Fotevik Eskil, ??–1157, died during the raid of Wendland Vacant (1157–1165) Svend I, 1165–1191...
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  • Saxo's chronology of events this happened around 1132. Magnus and his father Niels eventually engaged the enemy in the Battle of Fotevik in Scania on 4 June...
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    Harald Kesja (category House of Estridsen)
    the Battle of Fotevik in Skåne, 1134. He fled after the defeat but he was taken captive near Vejle on Jutland and decapitated together with eight of his...
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    had adherents. Bishop Henrik of Sigtuna was expelled from Sweden and fell at the side of Magnus in the Battle of Fotevik in 1134. Sverker was acknowledged...
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  • man who would kill Sverker I of Sweden. Henry Skadelaar died on 4 June 1134 at the Battle of Fotevik in the Bay of Fotevik near Vellinge in Skåne. Ingrid...
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    the first battle where heavy cavalry was used in central Sweden, although such cavalry had appeared a century earlier at the Battle of Fotevik in Scania...
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  • Norway. Battle of Fotevik: Harald Kesja and Magnus the Strong are defeated by the forces of Erik Emune. Eric II becomes King of Denmark. The House of Brandenburg...
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  • The Battle of Værebro took place in the year 1133 at the Værebro river, on the isle of Zealand. A Zealandic and Scanian army led by Eric II of Denmark...
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  • length of reign is known. List of current reigning monarchs by length of reign List of longest-reigning monarchs List of shortest-reigning popes List of the...
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    Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-0870-2. Sprague, Martina (2007). Norse Warfare: The Unconventional Battle Strategies of the Ancient Vikings...
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  • the last Viking raids in 1069–70 Ulfketil, 1102–1134, Fell in the Battle of Fotevik Eskil, ??–1157, Fell during raid to Wendland *Vacant (1157–1165) Svend...
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  • Christian I of Denmark created two separate states: the Duchy of Schleswig and Duchy of Holstein, to be ruled by two different branches of the House of Oldenburg...
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  • The battle of Sejerø was a naval battle fought in 1132, near the Island of Sejerø by the Zealandic coast. A zealandic and scanian fleet under Eric II fought...
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    Danish Civil Wars (category Battles involving Denmark)
    enormous army at their backs landed on the Fotevik, in a daring amphibious assault. However, with the use of the Holy Roman Emperor's heavy cavalry, Eric...
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    The Battle of Grathe Heath was fought in 1157 between the Danish armies of Valdemar I and his rival for the Danish throne, Sweyn III. Valdemar's forces...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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  • Niels was defeated in the Battle of Fotevik (4 June 1134), and also lost his son Magnus who was slain during the battle. Niels escaped to Schleswig...
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    control of Jutland to secure the southern border and the Danevirke, and to this end they defeated Eric at Jellinge Heathe. After the battle, Niels gathered...
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  • 1134 – Eric II's forces are victorious against supporters of Magnus at the Battle of Fotevik. 1134 – Pomeranian forces invade and loot Roskilde and Copenhagen...
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  • The Battle of Jellinge Heath took place late in the year 1131 near the town of Jelling, on the Jutland peninsula. A Zealandic and south Jutlandic army...
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