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Christian II (1 July 1481 – 25 January 1559) 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 ...
- 22 July 1513 – 20 January 1523
- Christina of Saxony
Apr 18, 2024 · Christian II (born July 1, 1481, Nyborg, Den.—died Jan. 25, 1559, Kalundborg) was the king of Denmark and Norway (1513–23) and of Sweden (1520–23) whose reign marked the end of the Kalmar Union (1397–1523), a political union of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. After serving as viceroy in Norway (1502, 1506–12), Christian succeeded his ...
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Nov 3, 2020 · The Danish legacy: the enemy of nobility, friend of the people and a peasant lover. In Denmark, Christian II has of course played a greater role than in Sweden, and his legacy is therefore more complicated. After Christian was deposed as king of Sweden, he was subsequently also deposed as king of Denmark in 1523 and official propaganda painted ...
- Martin Alm
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.
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 ...
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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 ...
Nov 8, 2020 · In Denmark, Christian II had carried through a modernising program, limiting the power of the nobility and strengthening his power as a king. When Sweden started to break loose from the Kalmar Union, the Danish nobility lost patience, forcing him from the throne, drove him into exile and replacing him with his uncle.
