Frederick II of Denmark
Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588), was the king of Denmark-Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 to his death. He was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg.
He is often seen as the typical Renaissance ruler of Denmark. As a person, he was described as hot-headed, proud, brave and ambitious. He loved hunting, wine and feasts. At his death, many people thought that it had been caused by his drinking.
He rebuilt Kronborg Castle, in Helsingør, between 1574 and 1585. In 1567, he founded Fredrikstad, Norway.[1] It was a time of wealth and growth in Danish history.
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The Siege of Copenhagen 1535-1536 during the Count's Feud, a period of Danish instability that would shape Frederick's childhood.
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.
Map of Schleswig-Holstein highlighting the district Dithmarschen
Frederick II of Denmark-Norway attacking Älvsborg, 1563.
King Frederick II builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore.
Frederick II in his later years.
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Reference
- ↑ "Fredrikstad museum". fredrikstad.kommune.no. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2010.