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Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein [1] from 1559 until his death. [2] A member of the House of Oldenburg, Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at the age of 24.
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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Frederik is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. He was born during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King Frederik IX, and became Crown Prince of Denmark following his mother's accession in 1972.
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.
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.
Mar 16, 2021 · Frederik II, King of Denmark (Konge af Danmark) was born 1 July 1534 at Haderslevhus, the son of Christian III, King of Denmark, and his wife, Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg. He was declared heir to the throne by the Rigsdag at Copenhagen on 30 October 1536.
Denmark’s 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).
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