Hans the Elder was the only Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev. The predicate the Elder is used to distinguish him from his nephew, Hans the Younger, who held Sønderborg from 1564 as a partitioned-o
Medalje med portræt af Hans den Ældre
Arms of the Duke
Frederick I of Denmark
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Frederick I was King of Denmark and Norway from 1523 and 1524, respectively, until his death in 1533, and earlier co-duke Duke of Schleswig and Holstein.
Hans the Elder, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev
…Duke Adolf, and his half-brother, King Christian III of Denmark and his successor, King Frederick II. Hans was born in Haderslev as the son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his second wife, Sophie of Pomerania. As a possible heir to the throne, he enjoyed a careful education and spent several years at the court of his…
Posthumous portrait of Frederick by painter Jacob Binck, 1539. No contemporary portraits of the King are known.
Gold coin or medal of Frederick I. Shows him together with Sophia on the obverse, and coat of arms on the reverse.
Sophie of Pomerania
Frederick I, unknown painter. Swedish National Museum.