Kingdom of Denmark and Lowlands ?

Lowlands = Low Countries?
This seems hard. Post 1400 seems a little more plausible, when Philippa of England and Christopher of Bavaria are available.

The best I can come up with is that Louis IV, HRE & Margaret II Countess of Hainault are childless and decides to adopt Valdemar Atterdag.
 
Yes. I'm basically looking for uniting Netherlands and Denmark into one country.

Easiest way is to let it happen the same way England and the Netherlands were united. Marry the Dutch stadholders into the Danish royal family and after a couple of unfortunate (childless) deaths, they are the kings of Denmark. The other way around is harder as I don't think the Dutch would accept a Danish stadholder. The Danes are protestant too so I see no reason why it is impossible to close some royal marriages. I believe the Dutch and the Danes had a relatively good diplomatic relation (at least as good as the Anglo-Dutch relation). The advantage of a Danish-Dutch is that Denmark probably will not dominate the personal union, which England did. This would make it a lot more acceptable for the ruling Dutch merchant class to accept this union. Still you only have a personal union, but that could change at a later date.
 
no earlier than 1400? Doh!
It seems that I misread the original post.
So 1400 and after, that seems easier.

Having Jacqueline marry Eric of Pomerania seems unlikely, since Philippa is in the picture. Jacqueline goes to Denmark instead of England. Philippa dies historically and Jacqueline and Eric marries. The problem is that Eric wouldn't be able to focus on Low countries because of the internal trouble and war with the Hansa.

In the case of Christopher of Bavaria the problem is that he's younger than her, but it could be an unlikely treaty marriage to keep the land in Wittelbach possession.
 
Look up the Habsburg Denmark - Christian 2 and his daughters once again. Christian died 1559 so have one of his daughters marry the alt-governor of Burgundy and voila!
 
Look up the Habsburg Denmark - Christian 2 and his daughters once again. Christian died 1559 so have one of his daughters marry the alt-governor of Burgundy and voila!

I may have already known the answer for this very question quite very well... But can this scenario work without the Habsburg ?

The Habsburg thread was mine. I made both threads separated simply to explore as many possibilities I can get.
 
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I may have already known the answer for this very question quite very well... But can this scenario work without the Habsburg ?

The Habsburg thread was mine. I made both threads separated simply to explore as many possibilities I can get.

Quite easily, just marry Mary of Burgundy to Hans of Denmark, he was only two years older.
 
Oh you do?
Well don't know at this stage, could perhaps look into it.

It was meant to show my pessimism if this scenario can works without putting the Habsburg in charge, at least that was what I thought...

By the way I prefer this union to be Protestant. Calvinist, to be more specific. But Lutheran Netherlands sounds as interesting as well though.... :cool:
 
My first thought was something to do with the last Wittelsbach Counts of Holland (and much more of the Netherlands) and Christopher of Bavaria. Perhaps John of Pfalz-Neumarkt (Christopher's father) marries Jacqueline of Holland, and one of their sons goes on to possess Denmark in addition to the significant feudal holdings in the Low Countries?
 

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My first thought was something to do with the last Wittelsbach Counts of Holland (and much more of the Netherlands) and Christopher of Bavaria. Perhaps John of Pfalz-Neumarkt (Christopher's father) marries Jacqueline of Holland, and one of their sons goes on to possess Denmark in addition to the significant feudal holdings in the Low Countries?

ONe problem Christopher inherited Denmark through his mother not his father.
 
This might be a little out there, but say that in recompsense for giving Norway to Sweden, the Congress of Vienna gives the Netherlands to Denmark.

Probably one of the more unlikely answers admittedly.
 
Can anyone help me, how many Anglo-Dutch wars have been fought again? :rolleyes:
:D

I have heard up to 6-7, but generally 4 is the most often used number. Actually that was my point. The Netherlands and England fought 3 wars against each other and a couple of years after the last war they formed a personal union. So a personal union between the netherlands and Denmark isn't out of the question, even if they haven't been perfect friends.
 
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This might be a little out there, but say that in recompsense for giving Norway to Sweden, the Congress of Vienna gives the Netherlands to Denmark.

Probably one of the more unlikely answers admittedly.

Not going to happen, sorry. By all accounts the Dutch were treated as the wronged party, whereas the Danes had (to an extent) cooperated with Napoleon. If anything the Dutch would be given Denmark, but even then there are a number of reasons which make that idea infeasible too.
 
Yes. I'm basically looking for uniting Netherlands and Denmark into one country.

Maybe have the Danes have some degree of settlement in the region, starting way early on? So that, by the time Denmark becomes a solidly unified kingdom, the Low Countries are Danish?

Post-1400, it'd more likely be similar to the Anglo-Dutch union: after the success of the Dutch Revolution, the stadtholder becomes King of Denmark somehow.
 
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