Frederic Ier of Denmark
Known as the Pacific , born the October 7th 1471 in Haderlevhus - deceased the April 10th 1533 with Gottorp.
King of Denmark and Norway (1523 -1533), duke of Schleswig, duke of Holstein of 1513 with 1523.
Family
Wire of Christian Ier and Dorothée de Brandebourg
He marries:
- the April 10th 1502 Anne de Brandebourg (1487 - 1514) girl Jean Ier Cicéron de Brandebourg and of Marguerite of Saxony.
- Christian III of Denmark, king Denmark
- Dorothée (1504 - 1547) wife 1526 the duke Albert of Prussia († 1568)
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the October 9th 1518 Sophie de Poméranie († 1568) girl Duke BOGUSLAV X of Poméranie.
- Adolphe duke of Holstein Gottorp (1526 - 1586), duke of Schleswig, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp of 1533 with 1586, in 1564 it married Christine de Hesse († 1604), (girl of the landgrave Philippe Ier de Hesse)
- Dorothée (1528 - 1575) wife 1573 Christophe de Mecklembourg-Gadebush († 1592)
- Jeanne († 1580)
- Frederic Baron de Hildesheim (1532 - 1556), bishop of Hildesheim and Schleswig
- Anne († 1535)
- Elisabeth (1524 - 1586), in 1543, it married Magnus III of Mecklembourg, widow it married in 1556, Ulrich de Mecklembourg-Güstrow.
Biography
Still minor, Frederic Ier of Denmark became duke of Schleswig and Holstein.
In 1500, it succeeds in convincing his/her brother to undertake the conquest of the Dithmarshen. Frederic Ier put at the head of an large army made up soldiers of the duchy, but also of soldiers of the Union of Kalmar for which his/her brother was, in a short way, king. Many mercenaries took part in this conquest. This military forwarding was lamentably completed with the defeat of Frederic Ier of Denmark to the battle of Hemmingstedt the February 17th 1500. In this battle, a third of the knights of the Schleswig-Holstein lost the life.
In 1523, the noble Danes and Norwegians forced his nephew, the king Christian II of Denmark to be abdicated. Frederic became king of Denmark and Norway under the name of Frederic Ier of Denmark. In June of the same year, Gustave Ier Vasa seizes the power in Sweden; the union between the two States then is definitively broken. Gone up on the throne thanks to the noble ones, Frederic Ier of Denmark granted many privileges, and thus weakens the royal capacity. In 1513, with died of his/her older brother, Jean Ier of Denmark, a group of noble Jutlandais had offered the throne to him, but it had pushed back this offer.
It is not certain that Frederic Ier of Denmark learned how to speak Danish. After its crowning, it passed the major part of its time in its castle of Gottorp in the Schleswig.
Frederic Ier of Denmark repressed the revolt of the peasants. Without being a man of a great political acuity, Frederic Ier of Denmark succeeds in escaping all the conflicts. He seems to have encouraged the propagation of the Luthéranisme in his States.
Died and burial
Frederic Ier of Denmark died the April 10th 1533 in his castle of Gottorp in Schleswig. He was buried in the cathedral of Schleswig.
Genealogy
Frederic Ier of Denmark belongs to the first branch of the Maison of Oldenbourg. This line gave kings to the Norway, the Sweden and the Denmark, this line died out in 1863 with the death of Frederic VII of Denmark.
Internal bonds
- Thierry d' Oldenbourg (paternal grandfather)
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Jean IV of Brandebourg-Külmbach (maternal grandfather]
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