Ruler · 1481 – 1559

Christian II of Denmark

Lived 1481 – 1559; monarch. Monarch of Denmark (Denmark), 1513 – 1523; also in the line of Danish Realm and Sweden.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1481 – 1559; 78 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Denmark · the 47th of 66 dated reigns · 770 – 2024

43 before

Christopher of Bavaria1440 – 1448

Christian I of Denmark1448 – 1481

Hans, King of Denmark1481 – 1513

Christian II of Denmark1513 – 1523

Frederick I of Denmark1523 – 1533

Christian III of Denmark1534 – 1559

Frederick II of Denmark1559 – 1588

16 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1513 – 1523 · 10 years · came to it aged 32

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

The nobility rose against him in 1523, and he was exiled to the Netherlands, ceding the Danish throne to his uncle Frederick.

Also in the line of Danish Realm (40th of 59) and Sweden (39th of 62).

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