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Facts

Born February 20, 1494 • Sweden
Died December 5, 1570 (aged 76) • Køge • Denmark
Role In Count’s War

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Friis, detail from an oil painting by Jakob Binck, 1551
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Christian III
king of Denmark and Norway
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Portrait painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, seated at a desk holding a paper, wearing dark robes and a black cap.
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Frederick II, detail from a portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581
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