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Count’s War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Grevens Fejde
Date 1534 - 1536
Location Denmark • Norway
Participants Christian III • Christopher, count of Oldenburg • Lübeck • Sweden

Key People

Christian III
Christian III
king of Denmark and Norway
Friis, detail from an oil painting by Jakob Binck, 1551
Johan Friis
Danish statesman
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Johan Rantzau
military leader
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Christopher, count of Oldenburg
German soldier

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