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Reformation and war. Frederick I, detail of an oil painting by Jacob Binck, 1539; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark. King Frederick I reigned during the early years of the Reformation, the religious revolution that resulted in the establishment of Protestantism as a major branch of Christianity. Frederick had promised Denmark’s Roman Catholic ...
otz Donner haben wir das alles getan?” This is what Frederick I of Sweden (r. 1720–51) is said to have exclaimed on one occa-sion when confronted by a sycophantic flatterer with a list of all the recent beneficial and wise decisions made by His Majesty the king of Sweden.1 That is also how Frederick I is remembered,—as the roi fai-
Frederick I was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, and the abdication of his wife, Charles's sister and successor Ulrika Eleonora, after she had to relinquish most ...
In 1731 king Frederick I of Sweden set a taxidermist to work on his recently deceased lion. The problem - the taxidermist had never seen a lion before. Archived post.
Frederick I of Denmark (1471–1533), King of Denmark and Norway; Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (1557–1608) Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585–1638) Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646–1691) Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), King in Prussia; Frederick I of Sweden (1676–1751), King of Sweden
Sep 16, 2023 · Frederick I, (17 April 1676 – 25 March 1751) was a prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and a King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and (as Frederick I) also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the throne following the death of his brother-in-law, absolutist Charles XII in the Great Northern War, as his sister and heir ...
Sep 25, 2023 · Genealogy for Frederick I of Denmark and Norway, of Oldenburg (Oldenburg), King of Denmark and Norway (1471 - 1533) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
