POLITICIAN

Frederick III of Denmark

1609 - 1670

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Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bishop) of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (1623–29 and again 1634–44), and the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1635–45). The second-eldest son of Christian IV and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Frederick was only considered an heir to the throne after the death of his older brother Prince Christian in 1647. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick III of Denmark has received more than 681,057 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Frederick III of Denmark is the 1,014th most popular politician (up from 1,163rd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 39th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Danish Politician.

Frederick III of Denmark is most famous for being the father of Christian IV of Denmark. He was also a member of the House of Oldenburg and King of Denmark from 1523 to 1533.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick III of Denmark ranks 1,014 out of 19,576Before him are Asa of Judah, Humayun, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jerry Brown, and Anton Drexler. After him are Jiang Qing, Miloš Zeman, Simon of Cyrene, Roderic, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Manuel II of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Frederick III of Denmark ranks 1After him are John II Casimir Vasa, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Judith Leyster, Henrietta Maria of France, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Kâtip Çelebi, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, and Hanzade Sultan. Among people deceased in 1670, Frederick III of Denmark ranks 2Before him is John Amos Comenius. After him are Henrietta of England, Johann Rudolf Glauber, Louis Le Vau, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Salomon van Ruysdael, Bartholomeus van der Helst, Giovanna Garzoni, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Frederick III of Denmark ranks 35 out of 1,032Before him are Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Frederick V of Denmark (1723), Frederick VI of Denmark (1768), Lars von Trier (1956), and Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770). After him are Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Maria Feodorovna (1847), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), Victor Borge (1909), and Christian VI of Denmark (1699).

Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Frederick III of Denmark ranks 19Before him are Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843), Christian II of Denmark (1481), Alexandra of Denmark (1844), Christian VIII of Denmark (1786), Frederick V of Denmark (1723), and Frederick VI of Denmark (1768). After him are Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320), Christian VI of Denmark (1699), Frederick II of Denmark (1534), and Frederick I of Denmark (1471).