Frederick I of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway
Died when: 61 years 185 days (738 months)Star Sign: Libra
Frederick I (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik;German: Friedrich;Swedish: Fredrik; 7 October 1471 – 10 April 1533) was King of Denmark and Norway.He was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over Denmark and Norway, when subsequent monarchs embraced Lutheranism after the Protestant Reformation.
As king of Norway, Frederick is most remarkable in never having visited the country and was never crowned as such.
Therefore, he was styled King of Denmark, the Vends and the Goths, elected King of Norway.Frederick's reign began the enduring tradition of calling kings of Denmark alternatively by the names Christian and Frederik, which has continued up to the reign of the current monarch, Margrethe II.
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