Editing Absalon (section)

==Death==
When Absalon retired from military service in 1184 at the age of fifty-seven, he resigned the command of fleets and armies to younger men, like Duke Valdemar, the later king [[Valdemar II of Denmark|Valdemar II]]. He instead confined himself to the administration of the Danish empire.<ref name="bricka"/> In 1192, Absalon made his nephew {{ILL|Peder Sunesen|da}} his successor as Bishop of Roskilde, while his other nephew [[Anders Sunesen]] was named the [[chancellor]] of Canute VI.<ref name="pajung"/> Absalon died at Sorø Abbey on 21 March 1201, 73 years old, with his last will granting his personal holdings to the Abbey, apart from Fjenneslev which went to Esbern Snarre. He had already given Copenhagen to the Bishopric of Roskilde.<ref name="bricka"/> Absalon was interred at  [[Sorø Klosterkirke|Sorø Abbey]],<ref name="pajung"/> and was succeeded as Archbishop of Lund by Anders Sunesen.<ref name="gyldendal"/>