What the records say
- When
- 1131 – 1157
- Kind
- Civil war
- Coordinates
- 55.77° N, 10.36° E
- Description
- civil wars in Denmark from 1131 until 1157
Placed at the middle of its battles.
Danish Civil Wars
Series of civil wars in Denmark in 1131–1157
The Danish Civil Wars were a series of civil wars fought in the Kingdom of Denmark, first from 1131 to 1134 over the murder of Canute Lavard, then from 1139 to 1143, and finally a war of succession fought from 1146 to 1157, after the abdication of Eric III of Denmark, the first monarch in Danish history to have abdicated.
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