Waldemar IV

British

noun

surnamed Atterdag . ?1320–75, king of Denmark (1340–75), who reunited the Danish territories but was defeated (1368) by a coalition of his Baltic neighbours

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Christopher's third son, Waldemar, surnamed Atterdag, because he used to say when a misfortune happened, "To-morrow it is again day," was recalled from Bavaria and crowned king as Waldemar IV.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

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