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

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king of Denmark and Norway
Frederick II, detail from a portrait by Hans Knieper, 1581
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king of Denmark and Norway
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Mikhail Mikhaylovich, Count Speransky
Russian statesman
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king of Spain
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