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The 14th century was a time of chaos. In the wake of climate change and the plague, political order had crumbled across Europe. The three kingdoms in the North were subjected to mounting pressures, both from external forces and internal strife.
Into this tumultuous world was born Margareta, the youngest daughter of Valdemar Atterdag. She would come to embody the unity of the North – raised in the Danish realm and married to the Norwegian king who had just lost his Swedish crown. As the regent for her son, she did everything in her power to pave his path to the three crowns, but fate had other plans. Soon, she found herself alone, without husband or children, with a dream that lived on through her alone: a united North.
Surrounded by adversaries – from the Hanseatic League to the emperor and King Albrekt – her prospects seemed bleak in her quest to achieve her goal. As history tells us, she eventually rode out of Kalmar on a July day in 1397 alongside her adoptive son, King Erik of the Union. How did she get there? In this story we witness how political maneuvering, kinship, personal determination, and chance allowed a person to realize her dream while simultaneously reshaping the history of the North.
