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Abel succeeded to the throne on November 1 , 1250 , after the death of his brother Eric IV. Eric IV was apparently slain by two of Abel's men after a year-long conflict between the two brothers, and even though Abel and twenty-four noblemen swore an official oath ("dual dozen's oath", in ( Danish "''dobbelt tylvter-ed''") that the Duke had no part in the killing, it was (and still is) widely believed that King Eric was killed at his brother's bidding. " Abel by name, Cain by his deeds" ( Danish , "''Abel af navn, Kain af gavn''"), or so people said. Abel and Queen Mechtildis Of Holstein only ruled for a year and a half, however, before Abel was killed in battle on June 29 , 1252 during a punishment expedition in Friesland . His half-grown son Valdemar was held for ransom by the Archbishop of Cologne at the time, and so it was Eric and Abel's youngest brother Christopher I , who was crowned King on Christmas Day 1252. Queen Dowager Mechthildis married in 1261 Birger Jarl . Abel's descendants - the "Abel Family" - ruled South Jutland until 1375 , often in co-operation with their relatives in Holstein , and they created a permanent problem for the Danish government. Their rule meant the start of the separation of South Jutland from the rest of Denmark.
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