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Christian IV
Portrait by Pieter Isaacsz, c. 1612
King of Denmark and Norway
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Reign
4 April 1588 – 28 February 1648
Coronation
29 August 1596 Copenhagen Cathedral
Predecessor
Frederick II
Successor
Frederick III
Supervisor of Hamburg
Reign
1621–1625
Mayor
Sebastian of Bergen
Born
12 April 1577 Frederiksborg Palace
Died
28 February 1648(1648-02-28) (aged 70) Rosenborg Castle
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral
Spouses
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
(m. 1597; died 1612)
Kirsten Munk
(m. 1615)
Issue among others...
Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark
Frederick III, King of Denmark
Ulrich
Morganatic and illegitimate: Sophie Elisabeth Pentz
Leonora Christina Ulfeldt
Valdemar Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Elisabeth Augusta Lindenov
Christiane Sehested
Hedevig Ulfeldt
Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter
Christian Ulrik Gyldenløve
Hans Ulrik Gyldenløve
Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve
House
Oldenburg
Father
Frederick II of Denmark
Mother
Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Religion
Lutheran
Signature
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years and 330 days is the longest in Scandinavian history.[1]
A member of the House of Oldenburg, Christian began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway in 1596 at the age of 19. He is remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious, and proactive Danish-Norwegian kings, having initiated many reforms and projects. Christian IV obtained for his kingdoms a level of stability and wealth that was virtually unmatched elsewhere in Europe.[2] He engaged Denmark-Norway in numerous wars, most notably the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which devastated much of Germany, undermined the Danish economy, and cost Denmark-Norway some of its conquered territories.[3]
He rebuilt and renamed the Norwegian capital Oslo as Christiania after himself, a name used until 1925.[4]
^"28 of the world's longest-reigning monarchs". 5 May 2023.
^Paul D. Lockhart, Denmark, 1513–1660: the Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy (2007).
^Paul D. Lockhart, Denmark in the Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648: King Christian IV and the Decline of the Oldenburg State (1996)
^"Oslo History".
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