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Duke Christian of Gottorp, his father Frederick …
Years: 1534 - 1534
April
Duke Christian of Gottorp, his father Frederick I having died the previous year, is in 1534 proclaimed King of the Kalmar Union under the name Christian III at an assembly in Rye, a town in eastern Jutland.
Christopher of Oldenburg organizes an uprising against the new king, demanding that Christian II be set free.
Supported by Lübeck and troops from Oldenburg and Mecklenburg, parts of the Zealand and Skåne nobilities rise up, together with cities such as Copenhagen and Malmø.
Count Christopher has the support of most of Zealand, Scania, the Hanseatic League, and the small farmers of northern Jutland and Funen.
Christian III finds his support among the nobles of Jutland.
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- Christian II
- Christian III
- Christopher, Count of Oldenburg
- Frederick I of Denmark
- Gustav I Vasa
- Henry VIII of England
- Johan Rantzau
- Jürgen Wullenwever
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- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Schleswig, Duchy of
- Oldenburg, County of
- Lübeck, Free City of
- Mecklenburg, Duchy of
- Hanseatic League
- Holy Roman Empire
- Netherlands, Habsburg
- Lutheranism
- Protestantism
- Kalmar Union (of Denmark and Norway)
- Sweden, (second) Kingdom of
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Years: 1534 - 1534
April
Locations
People
- Christian II
- Christian III
- Christopher, Count of Oldenburg
- Frederick I of Denmark
- Gustav I Vasa
- Henry VIII of England
- Johan Rantzau
- Jürgen Wullenwever
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Schleswig, Duchy of
- Oldenburg, County of
- Lübeck, Free City of
- Mecklenburg, Duchy of
- Hanseatic League
- Holy Roman Empire
- Netherlands, Habsburg
- Lutheranism
- Protestantism
- Kalmar Union (of Denmark and Norway)
- Sweden, (second) Kingdom of
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Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions