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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. He inherited a capable and strong kingdom, formed in large by his father after the civil war ...
- 1 January 1559 – 4 April 1588
- Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
Mar 31, 2024 · Frederick II (born July 1, 1534, Haderslev, Den.—died April 4, 1588, Antvorskov) 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 years of his reign.
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Jan 14, 2024 · Queen Margrethe II was born Princess Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid on April 16, 1940, the eldest daughter of King Frederick IX (b. 1899, d. 1972) and Queen Ingrid (b. 1910, d. 2000 ...
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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.
Frederik X (Frederik André Henrik Christian; [b] born 26 May 1968) is King of Denmark. He acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication on 14 January 2024. [4] [5] 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 ...
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Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bishop) of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (1623–29 and again 1634–44), and the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1635–45).
