Ruler · 1503 – 1559

Christian III of Denmark

Lived 1503 – 1559; monarch. Monarch of Denmark (Denmark), 1534 – 1559; also in the line of Danish Realm.

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

Lived: 1503 – 1559; 56 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Denmark · the 49th of 66 dated reigns · 770 – 2024

45 before

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

Christian IV of Denmark1588 – 1648

Frederick III of Denmark1648 – 1670

14 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 1534 – 1559 · 25 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

Also in the line of Danish Realm (42nd of 59).

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