page_title: Esbern Snare
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Esbern Snare / Career
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Vor Frue Kirke i Kalundborg. English: The church "Vor Frue Kirke" in the town Kalundborg. The town is located in West Zealand, Denmark.
context_page_description: Esbern Snare, also known as Esbern the Resolute, was a høvding, or chieftain, royal chancellor and crusader. His family were members of the powerful Hvide clan. In 1192, during the Crusades and after the fall of Jerusalem, he led a small group of Danish soldiers to the Holy Land. Upon his return, he had the Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg built.
context_section_description: From "the most powerful family of magnates in the realm", Esbern was a royal chancellor and a høvding (chieftain). He and his brother Absalon had a close relationship, or alliance, with Valdemar. Together, they consolidated the Danish Kingdom.
  In 1180, Esbern faced a rebellion because his brother, elected archbishop to the Roskilde see, had brought relatives into powerful positions. Then king, Valdemar interceded to put down the rebellion.
  After the fall of Jerusalem, Pope Innocent III and others asked King Canute VI and the Danes to join the crusade, stating that it would be right for crusaders to die for Christ, as he died for them. This was not well received by the Danes. Esbern delivered a speech states that the Danish people had been sliding into a period of depravity and decline, he called the crusade to Jerusalem to be of noble effort, as requested by the Pope, who was of a superior position. In 1192, during the Crusades, he led a small group of Danish soldiers to the Holy Land. He became inspired and upon his return to Denmark, he built the Kalundborg Kirke (Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg); Art historian R.A. Stalley called the architectural style an "emphatic image of militant Christianity." Esben is considered the founder of the town of Kalundborg.
caption: Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg
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