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Seal of Christian III. Danish rigsdaler minted under Christian III in 1537. His coat of arms on the reverse. Christian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown.
Events from the year 1725 in Denmark. Incumbents. Monarch – Frederick IV; Grand Chancellor – Ulrik Adolf Holstein; Events 1 October ...
St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted. Categories: Eric IV of Denmark. Cultural depictions of Danish monarchs.
Eric II the Memorable ( Danish: Erik II Emune; c. 1090 – 18 September 1137) was king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. Eric was an illegitimate son of Eric I of Denmark, who ruled Denmark from 1095 to 1103. Eric the Memorable rebelled against his uncle Niels of Denmark, and was declared king in 1134. He punished his adversaries severely, and ...
Denmark since the 1990s. During the 1990s, while the economy improved and unemployment dropped, Danes struggled with three key political and economic issues. First, political controversy surrounded the status of immigrants and refugees in Denmark. A violation of refugees’ rights led the prime minister to resign in 1993; right-wing parties ...
Eric was born in 1272 as the second son of Eric I, Duke of Schleswig, by his wife Margaret of Rugia. He held the island of Langeland in fief and inherited the properties of the ducal family in southern Funen, just as his uncle, Abel, Lord of Langeland, had before him. He is mentioned for the first time as responsible for the killing of the ...
The regent of Denmark, Margaret Sambiria, was forced to swear that Agnes had taken this initiative by her own freed will, before the approval was given. In reality, the Danish regent did not wish to have more of the large inheritance of the daughters of Eric IV leave Denmark, which would be the case if Agnes and her sister Jutta married foreign ...
