Christian III of Denmark

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Christian III of Denmark was a 16th-century Danish and Norwegian king known for establishing Lutheranism as the state religion and consolidating the Protestant Reformation in his realms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Denmark ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ
Lutheran ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
burialPlace Odense ⓘ
St. Canute's Cathedral ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Copenhagen ⓘ
child Anna of Denmark, Electress of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
Frederick II of Denmark ⓘ
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg ⓘ
Magnus of Holstein ⓘ
conflict Count's Feud ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Denmark ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1503-08-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1559-01-01 ⓘ
endTime 1559-01-01 ⓘ
father Frederick I of Denmark ⓘ
givenName Christian ⓘ
house House of Oldenburg ⓘ
implemented Lutheran Church Ordinance of 1537 ⓘ
languageSpoken Danish ⓘ
German ⓘ
mother Anna of Brandenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Holstein ⓘ
Duke of Schleswig ⓘ
notableFor consolidating the Protestant Reformation in Denmark-Norway ⓘ
establishing Lutheranism as the state religion in Denmark ⓘ
establishing Lutheranism as the state religion in Norway ⓘ
secularization of church property in his realms ⓘ
victory in the Count's Feud ⓘ
placeOfBirth Duchy of Schleswig ⓘ
Gottorp Castle ⓘ
linked to: Gottorf Castle

Schleswig ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

Kolding ⓘ
Koldinghus ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Holstein ⓘ
Duke of Schleswig ⓘ
King of Denmark and Norway ⓘ
predecessor Frederick I of Denmark ⓘ
regnalName Christian III ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfDenmark 1559 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfNorway 1559 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfDenmark 1534 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfNorway 1537 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
spouse Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg ⓘ
startTime 1534-07-04 ⓘ
1537-08-12 ⓘ
successor Frederick II of Denmark ⓘ
supportedBy Lutheran princes of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick II of Denmark → father → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick II of Denmark → predecessor → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Duke of Holstein → hasTitleHolder → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Christian III of Denmark → regnalName → Christian III ⓘ
linked to: Christian III of Denmark
Frederick I of Denmark → child → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick I of Denmark → successor → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp → notableRelative → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Johann Bugenhagen → notableAssociate → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick II of Denmark → father → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick II
Frederick II of Denmark → predecessor → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick II
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp → sibling → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg → spouse → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg → spouseOfMonarch → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg → sibling → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
John the Elder, Duke of Holstein-Haderslev → sibling → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Anna of Denmark → father → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Hans Tausen → supportedBy → King Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Christian III of Denmark
Glücksburg dynasty → notableAncestor → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Olav Engelbrektsson → opposed → King Christian III of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
linked to: Christian III of Denmark
Francis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein → sibling → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Count's Feud → hasParticipant → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Magnus of Holstein → father → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Frederick I of Denmark → child → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick I
Frederick I of Denmark → successor → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick I