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.
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.
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588 as the wife of Frederick II. She was the mother of Christian IV and Anne of Denmark, and served as regent of the duchies
Frederick II of Denmark
…loyal, and had a knack for establishing close personal bonds with fellow princes and with those who served him. In 1572, Frederick married his cousin Sophie of Mecklenburg. Their relationship is regarded as one of the happiest royal marriages in Renaissance Europe. In the first ten years after the wedding, they had seven…
Portrait by Hans Knieper, c. 1572 Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen
Portrait miniature of a young Queen Sophie, aged approximately 23, in ca. 1580.
Bronze bust of a youthful Queen Sophie, made by J.G. van der Schardt, between 1578 and 1579.
Sophie of Mecklenborg, newly widowed, in 1591.