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Danehof ("Danish Court") was the name of the
Danish medieval parliament which pla**** a
certain role
between c. 1250 and 1413. The
precondition of the...
- Olaf was just five
years old. He was
proclaimed king of
Denmark by a
Danehof in
Slagelse the
following year. His mother,
Queen Margaret, was to serve...
- as the
Danish Court (
Danehof) and
worked out a
peace settlement among the parties. The
terms of the
charter said that the
Danehof was to meet at least...
- Denmark's
first constitution in 1282. The
castle was also the
venue for the
Danehof, the country's
first parliament. The
castle is
operated as a part of Østfyns...
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Christopher was
succeeded by his son Eric, as Eric V of Denmark. The
Danehof became an
institution during his rule. It
functioned like a
national council...
- The
offices of High
Constable and Earl
Marshal were left vacant; the
Danehof fell into ruin, and "the
great Queen, an
ideal despot",
ruled through her...
- and
until 1413,
Nyborg Castle was used by
numerous kings as seat of the
Danehof and
other meetings,
including a
meeting between Queen Margaret I and the...
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install Valdemar in his father's duchy. Only in 1283, at a
meeting of the
Danehof in the city of Vordingborg, did the
Danish magnates force King Eric to...
- even earlier.
Nyborg Castle became the seat of the
Danish Court (Danish:
Danehof),
giving the town
numerous unique privileges.
Among those privileges was...
- the 1440s it was the
permanent opponent of
royal power,
replacing the
Danehof. The
Council consisted of
noblemen who were
appointed either by the king...
