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Events on Saturday 2 August 1332 2
1276 – 1332Christopher II of Denmark (1276-1332)Died 2 August 1332, aged 55Christopher II reigned twice as King of Denmark, first from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. His rule was marked by chronic debt and the pawning of royal lands to nobles and foreign lords, leaving the kingdom in crisis at his death.
1332Danish Interregnum beginsDenmark is left without a crowned king after Christopher II's deathFollowing the death of King Christopher II in August 1332, Denmark entered an eight-year interregnum during which much of the kingdom lay pledged to German creditors and no king held the throne. Royal authority was not restored until Valdemar IV's accession in 1340.