List of Danish Monarchs (Merveilles des Morte)

This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of Denmark.

House of Estridsen

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Dynasty	Claim	CoA
	Erik VI Erik the Devil (1274–1302)	22 November 1286 – 5 September 1302	Ingeborg of Sweden	Estridsen	Primogeniture Son of Eric V
	Christopher II Christoffer (1276–1332)	5 September 1302 – 29 August 1332	Euphemia of Pomerania	Estridsen	Elected Brother of Erik VI
Interregnum (1332–1336)
	Valdemar IV Valdemar Atterdag (1320–1375)	29 August 1332 – 9 October 1375	Elizabeth of Holstein	Estridsen	Primogeniture Son of Christopher II
	Margaret the Lady King (1345–1375)	9 October 1375 – 30 December 1375	Eric XII of Sweden	Estridsen	Primogeniture Daughter of Valdemar IV

House of Bjelbo

With the death of Valdemar IV in 1375, the male line of the House of Estridsen died out. The throne of Denmark therefore passed to Valdemar IV's eldest daughter, Margaret, who was married to Eric XII of Sweden. Margaret's reign would be short lived, and her husband Eric was never crowned King of Denmark himself, but they successfully orchestrated the succession of Denmark to pass to their son, who became Olaf II and I of Denmark and Sweden.

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Dynasty	Claim	CoA
	Olaf II (1369–1410)	30 December 1375 – 14 March 1410	Marina of Oldenburg	House of Bjelbo	Primogeniture Son of Margaret
File:Magnus Cropped.png	Birger (1389–1434)	14 March 1410 – 4 July 1434	Never married	House of Bjelbo	Primogeniture Son of Olaf II

House of Pomerania

In 1434 the nobles of Denmark elected as king Eric of Pomerania, who was also ruling as King of Norway, uniting the realms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden once more in personal union. Eric was a personal friend of previous Danish king Birger, and had also successfully ousted the detested Christian I of Norway.

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Dynasty	Claim	CoA
File:Erik I, 1382-1459, hertig av Pommern konung av Danmark Norge och Sverige - Nationalmuseum - 15058.tif.jpg	Eric VII Erik af Pommern (1381–1459)	4 July 1434 – 8 August 1459	Mary of Norway	House of Pomerania	Elected

House of Bjelbo

After the death of Eric of Pomerania without issue, the throne of Denmark again passed to the House of Bjelbo. The nobles of Denmark elected the nephew of Birger, the son of his brother Eric, Duke of södermanland, who became Magnus II of Denmark, as well as ruler of Norway and Sweden.

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Dynasty	Claim	CoA
	Magnus II (1414–1470)	8 August 1459 – 20 October 1470	Margaret of Pomerania	House of Bjelbo	Elected Grandson of Olaf II
	Valdemar V (1442–1485)	20 October 1470 – 11 April 1485		House of Bjelbo	Primogeniture Son of Magnus V
	Olaf III (1458–1491)	11 April 1485 – 4 October 1491		House of Bjelbo	Primogeniture Son of Valdemar V

House of La Marck

In 1491 the death of Olaf III of Denmark (who also was ruler of Norway and Sweden via the Örebro Union) ended Denmark's rule by the House of Bjelbo. Without a son of his own, Olaf III had selected his son-in-law, Henry I, who had married his only child, Ingeborg, as his successor, beginning rule by the House of La Marck.

Picture	Name	Reign	Marriages	Dynasty	Claim	CoA
	Henry I (1463–1515)	4 October 1491 – 31 March 1515	Ingeborg of Denmark	La Marck	Elected / Jure uxoris Husband of Ingeborg
File:Tiziano Portrait of a young Man c 1510.jpg	Olaf IV the Beginner (1488–1549)	31 March 1515 – 4 April 1549	Anna Rós Sturlungur	La Marck	Primogeniture Son of Henry I
	George I (1529–1569)	4 April 1549 – 3 November 1569	Josephine de la Marck	La Marck	Primogeniture Son of Olaf IV
	Henry II (1549–1588)	November 1569 – 15 July 1588	Never married	La Marck	Primogeniture Son of George I
	Olaf V (1549–1589)	15 July 1588 – 16 October 1589		La Marck	Primogeniture Brother of Henry II
File:8542-Portrait-of-Frederik-Hendrik.jpg	George II (1557– )	16 October 1589 –	Elizabeth of England	La Marck	Primogeniture Brother of Olaf V

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