Frederick II of Denmark

Frederik II

Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588), was the king of Denmark-Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until 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 Frederick was described as hot-headed, proud, brave, and ambitious. He loved hunting, wine and feasts. At his death lots of people thought that he had drunk himself to death.

He built Kronborg castle in Elsinore again between 1574 and 1585. In 1567 he began Fredrikstad in Norway. This was a time of wealth and growth in Danish history.

Frederick II Of Denmark Media

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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.

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  Malmö Castle in Scania, were Frederick spent much of his later youth.

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  Frederick II's close friend and companion, Augustus, Elector of Saxony.

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  20 August 1559: Coronatio Regis et equitum auratorum creatio, Hafniæ, post gestum bellum Dithmarsicum, eadem æstate, 20. Augusti.

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  Map of Schleswig-Holstein highlighting the district Dithmarschen

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  Frederick II of Denmark-Norway attacking Älvsborg, 1563.

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  King Frederick II builds Kronborg Castle at Elsinore.

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  Kronborg Castle in Elsinore.

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  The Book of Concord

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  Frederick II in his later years.