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Learn about the life and reign of Christian III, the first king of Denmark-Norway and a Lutheran reformer. Find out how he fought the Count's Feud, the Peasants' War, and the Swedish invasion.
Aug 8, 2024 · Christian III was the king of Denmark and Norway (1534–59) who established the state Lutheran Church in Denmark (1536) and, by forming close ties between the church and the crown, laid the foundation for the absolutist Danish monarchy of the 17th century.
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Apr 2, 2021 · Learn about the life and reign of Christian III, the first Lutheran king of Denmark and Norway, who introduced the Reformation and fought against the Catholic Habsburgs. Find out his family, children, conflicts, and legacy in this biography.
Count’s War, (1534–36), the last Danish war of succession, which resulted in the strengthening of the monarchy and in the establishment of Danish Lutheranism, as well as in a change in the Baltic balance of power.
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Christian III, 1503–59, king of Denmark and Norway (1534–59). At the death of his father, Frederick I, his election was delayed because he was a Lutheran. The German city of Lübeck invaded Denmark to reinstate the deposed Christian II, and the minor nobility then forced the election of Christian III in 1534 to preserve Danish autonomy.
Learn how Prince Christian, son of King Frederick I, was elected king of Denmark in 1534 by the Jutlandic nobility. Find out how this event led to the Protestant Reformation in Denmark and Norway and the Count's Feud.
Christian established (1536) Lutheranism in Denmark and imposed it on Norway. Never elected king by the Norwegians, he declared Norway a dependency of Denmark. His son Frederick II succeeded him.
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