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Christian IV of Denmark

"Christian IV" redirects here. For the Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, see Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.

Christian IV
Portrait by Pieter Isaacsz, c. 1612
King of Denmark and Norway
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Reign4 April 1588 – 28 February 1648
Coronation29 August 1596
Copenhagen Cathedral
PredecessorFrederick II
SuccessorFrederick III
Supervisor of Hamburg
Reign1621–1625
MayorSebastian of Bergen
Born12 April 1577
Frederiksborg Palace
Died28 February 1648(1648-02-28) (aged 70)
Rosenborg Castle
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral
Spouses
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(m. 1597; died 1612)​
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(m. 1615)​
Issue
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HouseOldenburg
FatherFrederick II of Denmark
MotherSofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
ReligionLutheran
SignatureChristian IV's 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]

  1. ^ "28 of the world's longest-reigning monarchs". 5 May 2023.
  2. ^ Paul D. Lockhart, Denmark, 1513–1660: the Rise and Decline of a Renaissance Monarchy (2007).
  3. ^ Paul D. Lockhart, Denmark in the Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648: King Christian IV and the Decline of the Oldenburg State (1996)
  4. ^ "Oslo History".

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