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I think Søren Norby might overtake OTL Niels Juel and Tordenskjold as the biggest Danish naval hero in this Timeline :P I wonder if his successes will see the navy even further develop, in a distinct Danish way. (ships suited for the shallow waters of the Danish straits etc.)

Poor Finland stuck with a Swedish lady :(

I think most of the Danes on this forum are a fan of Christian II for some reason :p

I wonder how the peasants of Småland reacts. Also as mentioned by someone else, there is something deeply ironic, that there is a noble revolt in Denmark, while a (somewhat) peasant revolt is going on in Sweden. Hence the interest in Småland. Being on the border with what can be described as...

I wonder how much these religion changes will form the alliance making of the continent. gonna be interesting to see.

So this was actually supposed to have the POD in it too, but I only got 2/5 historical things written down before I put it up. While this all happened historically I've added some hints towards after-POD events. such as Valdemar III. who died in a hunting accident before the death of his...

Prologue IV: Valdemar II. Valdemar II. on the Kongefrise [Kingsfrieze] in the Abbey of Ringsted, where the royalty of Denmark is buried. This particular image is a part of bigger on showing Valdemar I. Knud VI. Valdemar II. and Valdemar III. central figures in the northern crusades and the...

You can make a reasonable argument on how to avoid Schleswig-Holstein nationalism divided between Denmark and Germany, requires an earlier PoD though. But essentially after Denmark lost Norway. The economic center of Holstein moved from the East/North East to the south around Hamburg. The...

Prologue III: Knud VI. 1182-1202 Seal of Knud VI. likely stems from 1190-1200, first ever evidence of the Danish coat of arms. It was found in the archives of Schwerin in 1879 It is sometimes incorrectly thought that Valdemar II. became king after his father’s death in 1182. In fact, Valdemar...

So I think it is important to note that using northern Germany in this time 12-13th century is... its not a false statement, but the situation is complicated, certainly when we get into the reign of Valdemar II what is now northern Germany and Poland is either a vassal to the HRE or to Denmark...

I've added a poll to see what people think about the eventual location of the Capital.

' Copenhagen today dominates the sound, it does less so currently Actually, Lund is the most important city near the Øresund at the current time (being the seat of the Archbishopric of Lund). I can't stress this enough what is now Copenhagen is at this time, is A not the capital of Denmark...

OTL, in the previous TL I started with the POD. In this I wanted to give the readers that don't know Danish history, a more comprehensive background of how Valdemar II is able to what he did in my TL. The POD remains the same as in the previous TL (with Valdemar II) the POD starts at a time...

Prologue II: Valdemar I. 1147-1182 Statue of Valdemar I the Great, outside St. Benedicts Church in Ringsted. Valdemar II’s father had, from his position as Duke of Sønderjylland, emerged as the somewhat unlikely victor in a three-way civil war (1147-1157) between three...

All valid points, but I wonder how much of this is hindsight. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the people of that day were ignorant of the agricultural potential of an area. Even more when it is time for a capital to be placed, I don't think it is too much of a stretch that a city such...

Thanks. Yes one of the main reasons for me not just picking up the TL again, is to introduce some inconveniences and internal trouble. Hopefully, I succeed at that. As for the cultural aspect, it is the other reason I'm taking this approach, so can't promise that the culture won't be...

Hopefully, this will add even more internal politics and flesh out the grand kingdom, likewise churches and cities. I also plan to keep the population growth! As for Lithuania, yea that was a distinct entity that was in a PU with Dania. This is likely to change, exactly how I need to decide...

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/an-age-of-prosperity.458218/

Well what is this.? Roughly two years ago I started my first timeline, named An age of prosperity for the Kingdom of Denmark. I worked on it for 1,5 year before I got burned out. The last few months I've been wanting to take up the torch I left, and this thread will do just that. I will be...

Prologue I: Introduction The coat of arms of the Estridsen dynasty. Itself a maternal branch of the Jelling Dynasty. One of the most important and influential European houses, best known for supplying a long series of Danish Kings. It rose to prominence in around the 12th-13th century. Its...