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He was elected king in 1340 following the assassination of Count Gerhard III , although his territory at this time was limited to the northernmost county of Jutland. He gradually reacquired the rest of Jutland and Zealand. He finally reunited Denmark by capturing Scania and the island of Gotland in 1361. However, the resulting conflict with the Hanseatic League ended in a Danish defeat, and in 1370 he was forced to submit to the Treaty of Stralsund.

He was succeeded by his grandson Oluf III of Denmark, the offspring of his daughter MargaretMargaret I Queen of Denmark and Norway, Regent of Sweden ( 1353 October 28, 1412) was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark. She married, at the age of ten, King Haakon VI of Norway, who was son to Magnus VII of Norway, Magnus and Haakon VI of NorwayHaakon VI Magnusson (appr. 1340- 1380), King of Norway, son of King Magnus Ericsson of Sweden and Norway and Blanche of Namur. In 1343 he succeded his father to the Norwegian throne, who would still rule during his minority. In 1363 he married Margaret of, son to Magnus II of SwedenMagnus II Ericson Magnus VII of Norway ( 1316 1377), King of Sweden, Norway and Terra Scania, son of the duke Eric. Magnus was in line for the succession of the Norwegian throne when at age three he was preemptively elected king of Sweden in 1319. While h.