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Hace 2 días · Christian August of Holstein Gottorp Eutin 11 January 1673 24 April 1726 was a cadet of the reigning ducal House of Hols
Hace 3 días · Denmark, country occupying the peninsula of Jutland (Jylland), which extends northward from the center of continental western Europe, and an archipelago of more than 400 islands to the east of the peninsula. Jutland makes up more than two-thirds of the country’s total land area; at its northern tip is the island of Vendsyssel-Thy (1,809 ...
Hace 1 día · Five of Sweyn’s sons succeeded each other on the throne: Harald Hén (ruled 1074–80), Canute IV (the Holy; 1080–86), Oluf Hunger (1086–95), Erik Ejegod (1095–1103), and Niels (1104–34). Their reigns were marked by conflict over the extent of the king’s power, and both Canute and Niels were assassinated. By 1146 civil war had ...
Hace 4 días · Norway - Treaty of Kiel, Union, Scandinavia: Swedish foreign policy was erratic during those years, but Denmark-Norway remained an ally of Napoleon I until 1814. After Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Leipzig (1813), Sweden repeated its 17th-century strategy by attacking Denmark from the south. With the Treaty of Kiel (January 14, 1814), Denmark gave up all its rights to Norway to the king ...
3 de jul. de 2024 · King Frederik and Queen Mary’s firstborn, Crown Prince Christian was born on October 15, 2005, making him 18 years old. Now that King Frederik (previously Crown Prince Frederik) has been crowned King of Denmark, Prince Christian is heir to the Danish throne. Princess Isabella is King Frederik and Queen Mary’s second-born child but eldest ...
6 de jul. de 2024 · Over the years, however, Christian VIII had become much more conservative and, as king of Denmark, did not consider the time ripe to moderate the absolute monarchy. He confined himself, therefore, to modernizing the administration, especially between 1837 and 1841, through a program of establishing local government and granting some independence to parishes and counties.
5 de jul. de 2024 · Norway - Viking, Reformation, Union: After 1523 the Norwegian council tried to obtain some independence for Norway within the union. But, because the bishops dominated the council, they became the losers in the Norwegian parallel to the 1534–36 civil war in Denmark. As a result, the council was abolished, and the bishops lost all hope for help from Sweden, which did not want to provoke ...
