King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III … 1609–1670

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King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III …, 1609–1670 (aged 61 years)

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King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III …

Name: King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III //
Name prefix: King of Denmark & Norway
Given names: Frederick III

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father	Links Birth: 1577 42 19 Death: 1648 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III … King of Denmark & Norway Christian IV … 1577–1648 Birth: 1577 42 19 Death: 1648
himself	Links Birth: 1609 32 — Haderslev, Haderslev Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark Death: 1670 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark & Norway Christian V … Anne Sophia … Frederica … George … Prince of Denmark Ulrica … King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III … 1609–1670 Birth: 1609 32 — Haderslev, Haderslev Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark Death: 1670

King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III … + … …
himself	Links Birth: 1609 32 — Haderslev, Haderslev Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark Death: 1670 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark & Norway Christian V … Anne Sophia … Frederica … George … Prince of Denmark Ulrica … King of Denmark & Norway Frederick III … 1609–1670 Birth: 1609 32 — Haderslev, Haderslev Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark Death: 1670
son	Links Birth: 15 April 1646 37 — Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Marriage: 25 June 1667 — Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark Death: 25 August 1699 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charlotte Amelia … King of Denmark & Norway Frederick IV … Charles … William … King of Denmark & Norway Christian V … 1646–1699 Birth: 15 April 1646 37 — Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Death: 25 August 1699
21 months daughter	Links Birth: 1647 38 Death: 1717 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Anne Sophia … 1647–1717 Birth: 1647 38 Death: 1717
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1649 40 Death: 1704 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Frederica … 1649–1704 Birth: 1649 40 Death: 1704
5 years son	Links Birth: 1653 44 Death: 1701 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Queen of Great Britain Anne … … … Mary … Anne Sophia … … … William … Duke of Gloucester Mary … George … … … … … … … George … Prince of Denmark 1653–1701 Birth: 1653 44 Death: 1701
4 years daughter	Links Birth: 1656 47 Marriage: 1680 Death: 1693 Unique identifier: C9967E1D6F5D6847A7F4F864BC582711B878 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles XI … King of Sweden Charles XII (Carl of Sweden) … Ulrika Eleanora … Ulrica … 1656–1693 Birth: 1656 47 Death: 1693

Events of close relatives
Birth	1609 32 Haderslev, Haderslev Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Death of a paternal grandmother	Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (1572-1588) Sophie … of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 14 October 1631 Nyköping, Södermanland County, Södermanland, Sweden
Birth of a son	King of Denmark & Norway Christian V … 15 April 1646 Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Birth of a daughter	Anne Sophia … 1647
Death of a father	King of Denmark & Norway Christian IV … 1648
Birth of a daughter	Frederica … 1649
Birth of a son	George … Prince of Denmark 1653
Birth of a daughter	Ulrica … 1656
Marriage of a son	King of Denmark & Norway Christian V … — Charlotte Amelia … — View this family 25 June 1667 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Death	1670 (aged 61 years)
Last change	11 December 2022 – 11:56:53 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He became king in 1648 after he signed a cHarter greatly restricting the royal authority. But the power of the nobles was soon undermined by charges of improper self-enRichment against their leaders, many of whom were forced to leave the country. In 1657 Frederick began a war against Sweden to regain provinces lost by his father. He was defeated and in 1658 signed the Treaty of Roskilde, ceding a portion of Norway and some Danish islands to Sweden. Shortly after the conclusion of peace the Swedes reopened the war and besieged Copenhagen. With aid from the German region of Brandenburg, the Danes expelled the Swedes from the Jylland (Jutland) Peninsula. In 1660, However, deserted by his allies, Frederick was obliged to make peace, relinquishing all claims to the territories possessed by Denmark in southern Sweden. In that year both the commons and the clergy agReed to the transformation of the kingship from an elective to an absolute and hereditary monarchy.

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He became king in 1648 after he signed a cHarter greatly restricting the
royal authority. But the power of the nobles was soon undermined by
charges of improper self-enRichment against their leaders, many of whom
were forced to leave the country. In 1657 Frederick began a war against
Sweden to regain provinces lost by his father. He was defeated and in 1658
signed the Treaty of Roskilde, ceding a portion of Norway and some Danish
islands to Sweden. Shortly after the conclusion of peace the Swedes
reopened the war and besieged Copenhagen. With aid from the German region
of Brandenburg, the Danes expelled the Swedes from the Jylland (Jutland)
Peninsula. In 1660, However, deserted by his allies, Frederick was obliged
to make peace, relinquishing all claims to the territories possessed by
Denmark in southern Sweden. In that year both the commons and the clergy
agReed to the transformation of the kingship from an elective to an
absolute and hereditary monarchy.