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  2. Frederick II was the king of Denmark and Norway (1559–88) who failed in his attempt to establish complete Danish hegemony in the Baltic Sea area in the Seven Years’ War of the North (1563–70) but maintained enough control over the Baltic trade to guide Denmark to a period of prosperity in the later.

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  3. Apr 26, 2022 · April 04, 1588 (53) Antvorskov, Slagelse, Danmark (Denmark) Place of Burial: Roskilde, Danmark. Immediate Family: Son of Christian III King of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg. Husband of Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

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  4. Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death. Quick Facts Reign, Coronation ... Portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581. ( more...) A member of the House of Oldenburg, Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at the age of 24.

  5. Frederick V 1723–1766 King of Denmark r. 1746–1766: Louise of Great Britain 1724–1751: Frederick 1707–1751 Prince of Wales: Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1758–1794: Frederick 1753–1805 Hereditary Prince of Denmark: Frederick II 1720–1785 Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel: Friedrich Karl 1757–1816 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein ...

  6. Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588), was the king of Denmark-Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until his death. He was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. He is often seen as the typical Renaissance ruler of Denmark.

  7. Denmarks central government remained strong during the reign of Frederick II (1559–88). Frederick aimed to reinstate the Kalmar Union, and in 1563 he was able to convince the Rigsråd to agree to a war with Sweden (Norway was still part of the Danish kingdom).

  8. GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. FREDERICK II. (1534-1588), king of Denmark and Norway, son of Christian III., was born at Hadersleben on the 1st of July 1 534. His mother, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, was the elder sister of Catherine, the first wife of Gustavus Vasa and the mother of Eric XIV.

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