Christian III of Denmark

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King of Denmark King of Norway Lutheran human monarch

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Christian III of Denmark canonical 10
Christian III 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Denmark ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ
Lutheran ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
burialPlace Odense ⓘ
St Canute's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Gottorf Castle ⓘ
surface form: Gottorp Castle

Schleswig ⓘ
placeOfDeath Denmark ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Denmark

Kolding ⓘ
Koldinghus ⓘ
positionHeld Duke of Holstein ⓘ
Duke of Schleswig ⓘ
King of Denmark and Norway ⓘ
predecessor Frederick I of Denmark ⓘ
regnalName Christian III of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christian III
reignEndAsKingOfDenmark 1559 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfNorway 1559 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfDenmark 1534 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfNorway 1537 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark → foundingMonarch → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Protestant Reformation in Denmark–Norway → hasKeyFigure → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Protestant Reformation in Denmark–Norway → monarchDuring → Christian III of Denmark ⓘ
Christian III of Denmark → regnalName → Christian III of Denmark self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian III
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 ⓘ