Christian III & Dorothea

[norwegianne]

Name: Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway

Birth: August 12, 1503

Child of: Frederik I and Anna of Brandenburg

Reign: 1534 - 1559 (Denmark), 1537 - 1559 (Norway)

Marriage: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Children: Anna (1532-1585), Frederik II (1534-1588), Magnus (1540-1583), Hans (1545-1622), Dorothea (1546-1617)

Death: January 1, 1559

Throne passed to: Frederik II

Notes:
Head of the Reformation in Denmark, after a victory in 1536.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was only 14 years old at the time of her marriage to the future King Christian III.
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[Blog Real]

Painting depicting Christian III at Glücksborg.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Maleri_(Glücksborg).jpg

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Dronning-Dorothea.jpg

 

[CyrilVladisla]

In 1536 King Christian III established the state Lutheran Church in Denmark.