Christian III of Denmark
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Christian III reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown. He established
Portrait by Jakob Binck, 1550
Painting depicting Christian III at Glücksborg
King Christian III on Norwegian silver coin (Gimsøydaleren) from 1546
Seal of Christian III
Frederick II of Denmark
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Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588.
Christian III of Denmark
…Koldinghus, and was interred in Roskilde Cathedral in a funerary monument designed by Flemish sculptor Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514–1575). In 1579, Frederick II commissioned Dutch artists to erect a memorial to Christian III at Roskilde Cathedral. Christian III received an honorary stone at the Walk of Fame at…
Portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581
Malmö Castle in Scania, where Frederick spent much of his later youth
Frederick II's close friend and companion, Augustus, Elector of Saxony
20 August 1559: Coronatio Regis et equitum auratorum creatio, Hafniæ, post gestum bellum Dithmarsicum, eadem æstate, 20. Augusti.