Issue
Valdemar married Sophia of Minsk (c. 1141–1198), half-sister of Canute V of Denmark and daughter of Richeza of Poland, dowager queen of Sweden, from her marriage with Volodar of Minsk (Vladimir or Volodar Glebovich of the Rurikids, died 1167), ruling Prince of Principality of Minsk, and they had the following children:
- Sophie, (1159–1208), married Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
- King Canute VI of Denmark (1163–1202)
- Maria, nun at Roskilde (born c. 1165)
- Margaret, nun at Roskilde (born c. 1167)
- King Valdemar II of Denmark (1170–1241)
- Ingeborg (1175–1236), married King Philip II of France
- Helena (c.1177–1233), married William of Lüneburg
- Richeza of Denmark (c. 1180–1220), married King Eric X of Sweden
His widow Sophia married then Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia.
Illegitimate with Tove:
- Christopher (1150–1173), Valdemar's eldest son, Duke of Jutland (dux Iuciae) ca. 1170–1173
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