Talk:Margaret I of Denmark

Unification Aspects: Margaret I was Queen of Norway, Regent of Denmark and Sweden, and founder of the Kalmar Union which joined the Scandinavian countries for over a century. She died in 1412, and her grave stands behind the high altar in the Roskilde Cathedral, near Copenhagen. A bell is rung in her memory twice every day. She spared no pains to recover lost Danish territory. She purchased the island of Gotland from its actual possessors, Albert of Mecklenburg and the Livonian Order, and the greater part of Schleswig was regained in the same way. Margaret was a prudent ruler. She was unremitting in her effort to regain lost Danish territory and used diplomacy to ensure that the Nordic Union did not become entangled in other people's war, which is why she rejected a proposed alliance with England because it would have dragged the Union into the Hundred Years' War. She ushered in an era of peace and unity in Scandinavia, a not inconsiderable legacy. The Divine Principle regards the formation of larger political units as a step towards achieving the unified world of peace, which is the hope of all ages. The Scandinavian countries have always had close relations. The type of Union that they enjoyed for a century after Margaret I's rule did not last, but a penchant for unity persists and the nations of Scandinavia have been strong supporters of the European Union. Nations will need to unite is a single nation under God is to emerge. The closer the cultural ties are between nations, the easier it will be for unity to achieved.

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