Balthasar of Meissen

Born: 1336 · Meißen
Died: 1406
Parents: Frederick II The Serious of Meissen and Matilde of Bavaria

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1336

Born

Meißen, Sachsen, Tyskland
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1348

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Svartedauden
Balthasar is 12

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Befolkningen reduseres med mellom halvparten og 2/3 og når ikke sitt gamle nivå før etter 150 år.
1349

Norway
The Black Death
Balthasar is 13

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The plague raged in Norway in 1349 and 1350 and took a great many lives. In the time after, many farms were abandoned and lay empty – many of them for more than a hundred years.

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Picture: Pierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) · Public domain
1397

The place and the tree
Kalmarunionen
Balthasar is 61

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Kalmarunionen. Norge, Sverige og Danmark forenes under felles kongemakt ledet av dronning Margrete. Unionen ble aldri formelt oppløst, men motsetningene mellom Sverige og Danmark førte til at den opphørte ca. 1520.
1397

Norway
The Kalmar Union
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Eric of Pomerania was crowned joint king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden at Kalmar. The union finally ended when Sweden chose a king of its own in 1523.

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Picture: Agnes Slott-Møller · Public domain
1406

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