Here, his objectives were twofold: first, to obtain control of the great German rivers— the Elbe and the Weser— as a means of securing his dominion of the northern seas; and secondly, to acquire the secularised German Archdiocese of Bremen and Prince-Bishopric of Verden as appanages for his younger sons.
Os seus obxectivos eran principalmente dous: primeiro, obter o control dos grandes ríos alemáns, o Elba e o Weser, como un medio para asegurar o dominio danés nos mares boreais, e segundo, obter os territorios secularizados dos bispados de Bremen e Verden como herdanza para os seus fillos máis novos.