Monarchs - Queen Margrete I of Denmark
Posted by: 
pstidsen
N 56° 27.073 E 009° 24.720
32V E 525395 N 6256377
Dronning Margrete I og hendes 9-årige nevø Erik af Pommeren. --- Margrete 1. and her 9-year old nephew Eric of Pomerania.
Waymark Code: WMHRAD
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 08/08/2013
Views: 11
Margrete I var regent for Danmark (1375-1412), Norge (1388-1412) og Sverige (1389-1412). Hun er grundlæggeren af Kalmarunionen og Danmarks første kvindelige monark af gavn. Margretes officielle titel var aldrig dronning af Danmark, men "fuldmægtig frue og husbonde og Danmarks riges formynder", til hendes mindreårige søn Oluf kunne blive konge. Mens Oluf var "mindreårig konge", var hun hans formynder og regerede på hans vegne. Da Oluf døde som 16-årig i 1387, valgte Rigsrådet Margrete til regent.
Magrete tog nu sin søsters barnebarn Erik til sig. I 1396 fik Margrete hyldet Erik som konge af Danmark og Sverige. Hun indkaldte til unionsmøde i Kalmar, og den 17. juni 1397 blev Erik kronet til konge af Norden, af Kalmarunionen. Margrete trådte tilbage som formynder i 1401, men det fortælles at hun fortsatte med at regere til hun døde i 1412.
Den 9-årige Erik af Pommeren regerede Kalmarunionen frem til 1439 og Norge nogle år endnu til 1442.
Fra 1027, da Hardeknud blev udråbt til konge, indtil 1655, da Christian den 5. blev hyldet, fandt alle kongehyldningerne sted i Viborg, og man rejste derfor Kongehyldningsmonumentet her i 1965. Monumenter er udført i granit og bronze af Axel Poulsen.
På soklen står der: "På Viborg Landsting kårede Jyderne Danmarks Konge" og "Viborg Landsting // Jyllands kongehyldningssted gennem mere end seks aarhundreder"
Margrete I was regent of Denmark (1375-1412), Norway (1388-1412) and Sweden (1389-1412). She is the founder of the Kalmar Union and Denmark's first female monarch. Margaret's official title was never queen of Denmark, but "All powerful Lady and Mistress of the Kingdom of Denmark" until her underage son Oluf could become king. While Oluf was "minor king", she was his guardian and ruled on his behalf. As Oluf died at age 16 in 1387, the National Council chose Margrete to be official regent.
Magrete now took her sister's grandson Erik and in 1396 Margaret hailed Erik as king of Denmark and Sweden. She called for union meeting in Kalmar, and 17 June 1397 Erik was crowned king of the north, of the Kalmar Union. Margrete resigned as guardian in 1401, but it is said that she continued to rule until she died in 1412.
The 9-year-old Erik of Pomerania ruled the Kalmar Union until 1439 and Norway some years after until 1442.
From 1027, when Harthacnut was proclaimed king until 1655, when King Christian V was hailed, all royal hailings took place in Viborg, and this royal homage monument was raised here in 1965 in memory of a time where Viborg was an allmost royal city. The monuments are made of granite and bronze by Axel Poulsen.
On the plinth reads: "At Viborg Parliament the Jutes elected the Danish king" and "Viborg Parliament / / Jutlands royal place for more than six centuries"Sources:
Danmarks konger og regenter - ISBN 9788778879301
Kongerækken - www.kongehuset.dk