{"slug": "christian-ii-of-denmark", "label": "Christian II of Denmark", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_II_of_Denmark", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154460", "qid": "Q154460", "description": "king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden", "entries": 19, "years": 14, "span": [1481, 1559], "span_label": ["1481 CE", "1559 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "christian-iii-of-denmark", "label": "Christian III of Denmark", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "stockholm", "label": "Stockholm", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "oslo", "label": "Oslo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark-norway", "label": "Denmark-Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "copenhagen", "label": "Copenhagen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanseatic-league", "label": "Hanseatic League", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1481, "year_label": "1481 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – King Christian II of Denmark, Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (d. 1559)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936509#Births", "title": "1481", "revid": 1365936509, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1501, "year_label": "1501 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (d. 1526)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582028#Births", "title": "1501", "revid": 1360582028, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Hans, King of Denmark dies at the age of 58 from injuries sustained in being thrown from a horse. He is succeeded by his 32-year-old son Christian II as ruler of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#January–March", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 22", "text": "July 22 – Christian II becomes King of Denmark-Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#July–September", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1514, "year_label": "1514 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – After a month of negotiations at Linz between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Denmark, representatives of the two nations sign an alliance agreement, to be secured by the marriage of the Emperor's 13-year-old daughter Isabella, to the new King of Denmark, Christian II, along with payment of a dowry to King Christian of 250,000 Rhenish gulden, equivalent to $118,000,000 USD 500 years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369345340#April–June", "title": "1514", "revid": 1369345340, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1514, "year_label": "1514 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – King Christian II is crowned King of Norway in Oslo. This coronation will be the last in Norway for 304 years until the crowning of King Karl III Johan in 1818.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369345340#July–September", "title": "1514", "revid": 1369345340, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1515, "year_label": "1515 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Isabella of Austria is crowned as Queen consort of Denmark and Norway after her marriage to King Christian II is ratified.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362498078#July–September", "title": "1515", "revid": 1362498078, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1517, "year_label": "1517 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Dyveke Sigbritsdatter, mistress of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1490)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649067#Deaths", "title": "1517", "revid": 1366649067, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Swedish regent Sten Sture dies from his wounds leaving a vacancy on the throne that allows King Christian II of Denmark to conquer Sweden within eight months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#January–March", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes, at Lake Åsunden in Sweden. The Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger is mortally wounded in the Battle of Bogesund. He is rushed towards Stockholm, in order to lead the fight against the Danes from there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#January–March", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1520, "year_label": "1520 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Christian II of Denmark makes his triumphant entry into Stockholm, which had surrendered to him a few days earlier. Sten Sture's widow Christina Gyllenstierna, who has led the fight after Sten's death, and all other persons in the resistance against the Danes, are granted amnesty and are pardoned for their involvement in the resistance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367307705#July–September", "title": "1520", "revid": 1367307705, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1523, "year_label": "1523 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – King Christian II of Denmark and Norway is forced to abdicate after the nobles of the herredag at Viborg have renounced their allegiance in favour of his uncle, Frederick, Duke of Holstein. Christian is exiled to the Netherlands in April.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561167#January–March", "title": "1523", "revid": 1369561167, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1526, "year_label": "1526 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Isabella of Burgundy, queen of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369353275#Deaths", "title": "1526", "revid": 1369353275, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – The third Dalecarlian rebellion in Sweden is settled on St. Eric's Day at Arboga in Denmark when King Christian II returns church bells, confiscated earlier to pay Denmark's debts, to the villages in rebellion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#April–June", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1531, "year_label": "1531 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – Christian II`s invasion force arrives in Oslo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359939156#October–December", "title": "1531", "revid": 1359939156, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – King Frederick I of Denmark, ruler of the Danes since 1523 and later elected, but never crowned, King of Norway, dies at the age of 61. The vacancy leaves a dispute over his successor, which soon becomes the Count's Feud (Grevens Fejde) between the Roman Catholic supporters of the former King Christian II of Denmark, and the Lutheran supporters of Frederick's son, proclaimed to be King Christian III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#April–June", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1534, "year_label": "1534 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Copenhagen opens its gates to Count Christopher of Oldenburg, leading the army of Lübeck (and the Hanseatic League), nominally in the interests of the deposed King Christian II of Denmark. The surrenders of Copenhagen and, a few days later, of Malmö represent the high point of the Count's War for the forces of the League. These victories presumably lead the Danish nobility to recognize Christian III as King on July 4.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558671#April–June", "title": "1534", "revid": 1369558671, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1544, "year_label": "1544 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – The Treaty of Speyer is signed between the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Denmark (which includes Norway). Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor agrees to recognize Christian III as the ruler of Denmark and Norway, and abandons further attempts to restore King Christian II to the throne. In return, Denmark and Norway agree to support the Habsburg monarchy in the Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947848#April–June", "title": "1544", "revid": 1359947848, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January", "text": "January – Christina Gyllenstierna, leading opponent of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway (b. 1494)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#Deaths", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Deaths"}}]}