Absalon (c. 1128 – 21 March 1201) was a Danish archbishop and statesman. He was the son of Asser Rig of Fjenneslev (Zealand), at whose castle he and his brother Esbjørn (Esbern) were brought up along with the young prince Valdemar, afterwards King Valdemar I. Early life After giving Absalon the rudiments of a sound education at home, which included not only book-lore but every manly and martial exercise, his family sent him to the schools of Paris. Absalon first appears in Saxo's Ges… (More on Absalon)