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3 days ago · Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... The childless Erik VI was succeeded by his brother, Christopher II, who was forced by the nobles to sign a strict coronation charter; he was also the first king to accept the hof as a permanent institution.
4 days ago · The House of Oldenburg is an ancient dynasty of German origin whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg.
4 days ago · In July 1700, he forced Frederick IV of Denmark out of the coalition against Sweden, after a brief landing on Humlebæk. He then settled to aid the besieged Narva (which at the time belonged to the Swedish Empire).
1 day ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
3 days ago · Odense Palace was erected by Frederick IV, who died there in 1730. Now an administrative building, it stands on the site of Sankt Hans Kloster, a 15th-century monastery which was transferred to the Crown in 1536. The main white Baroque wing with 13 bays was designed by J.C. Krieger for Frederick IV and completed in 1723.
4 days ago · Now, the new sovereigns have embarked on their first State Visit from Denmark since King Frederik X’s ascension.
4 days ago · Frederick Douglass, Part 1 : Douglass’s early life as an enslaved person and how he learned to read. Frederick Douglass, Part 2: H ow Douglass escaped slavery and fled to the North. Frederick Douglass, Part 3: H ow Douglass's views on slavery evolved in the 1830’s and 1840’s.
