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Born March 18, 1609 • Haderslev • Denmark
Died February 9, 1670 (aged 60) • Copenhagen • Denmark
Role In First Northern War

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Frederick III, detail from a portrait by Karel van Mander III
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Friis, detail from an oil painting by Jakob Binck, 1551
Johan Friis
Danish statesman
Christian V
Christian V
Scandinavian king
Frederick William
Frederick William
elector of Brandenburg
Charles XII
Charles XII
king of Sweden
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha
Ottoman vizier
Christian IV
Christian IV
king of Denmark and Norway
Christian III
Christian III
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick II, detail from a portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581
Frederick II
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick I
Frederick I
king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick VII
Frederick VII
king of Denmark
Hannibal Sehested
Hannibal Sehested
Danish statesman
Erik V
king of Denmark
Frederick VI
Frederick VI
king of Denmark and Norway
Canute IV
king of Denmark
Frederick IV, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
Frederick IV
king of Denmark and Norway
Peder Schumacher, count af Griffenfeld
Danish statesman
Høegh-Guldberg, detail from an oil painting by an unknown artist
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
Danish statesman
Christian VIII
Christian VIII
king of Denmark
Adam Wilhelm Moltke, detail from an oil painting by J.V. Gertner, 1846
Adam Wilhelm, Greve Moltke
prime minister of Denmark

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