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Christian II. Christian II, 1481–1559, king of Denmark and Norway (1513–23) and Sweden (1520–23), son and successor of King John. After several unsuccessful attempts, he asserted claim to Sweden by force. However, his wholesale massacre of Swedish nobles at Stockholm (1520) alienated the Swedes, who raised Gustavus Vasa to the throne as ...
May 19, 2019 · Christian II of Denmark. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Christian II (1481-1559), in Danish Christiern II, in Swedish Kristian II, was King of Denmark and Norway 1513-1523 and King of Sweden 1520-1523. Christian II of Denmark.
It was, to put it mildly, surprisingly brave of Christian II to issue the above-mentioned reform laws in 1521–1522. When war broke out with the Hanseatic towns in 1522, the nobility had had enough. The Jutland nobles approached Duke Frederik of Schleswig, who was summoned to be king. Shortly after, in 1523, the nobility renounced their ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 11202976. Source citation. Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway 1513-1523 and of Sweden 1520-1523. His parents were King John Hans and Queen Christina, a Saxon Princess of the Wettin Dynasty. On August 12, 1515 he married Elizabeth (Isabella), a Princess of Spain and a Habsburg.
Aug 9, 2023 · Prince Christian of Denmark, son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary and grandson of Queen Margrethe II, is said to have found love By Stephanie Bridger-Linning Plans for the lavish occasion were announced yesterday via the official Danish royal family Instagram account.
Christian II was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union who reigned as King of Denmark and Norway, from 1513 until 1523, and Sweden from 1520 until 1521. From 1513 to 1523, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig and Holstein in joint rule with his uncle Frederick. As king, Christian tried to maintain the Kalmar Union between the Scandinavian countries which brought him to war with Sweden ...
Signature. Christian X ( Danish: Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm; 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947. He was also the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal union between Denmark and independent Iceland between 1918 and 1944.
