King Christian II, painting by P. van Coninxloo, 1521. In the collection Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

Christopher II (1276-1332) was King of Denmark between 1320-1326 and again, between 1329 until his death. He was son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule ended in an almost total dissolution of the Danish state. Image File history File links ChristianIIb. ... Image File history File links ChristianIIb. ... Frederiksborg Palace Frederiksborg Palace was built as a royal residence by King Christian IV in the early 17th Century. ... Hillerød is a municipality in eastern Denmark, on the island of Zealand. ... Events January 21 - Innocent V elected Gregory Xs successor as Pope March 9 - Augsburg becomes an Imperial Free City June - Rudolph I of Germany declares war on Ottokar II, king of Bohemia July 11, Adrian V elected Innocent Vs successor as Pope John XXI succeeds Adrian V as... Events November 7 - Lucerne joins the Swiss Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. ... Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ... Events Antipope Nicholas V is excommunicated by Pope John XXII. Aimone of Savoy becomes Count of Savoy. ... Eric V Klipping (1249-1286) was King of Denmark (1259-1286) and son of Christopher I. Until 1264 he ruled under the auspices of his mother, the competent Queen Dowager Margaret Sambiria. ...

Being the brother of King Eric VI, Christopher was a possible heir to the throne. As a quite young man with the title of Duke of Estonia he supported the politics of his brother. Among other things he arrested Archbishop Jens Grand in 1394. But later on he joined the opposition and went into exile at the death of Eric in 1319. Eric VI Menved (1274 - 13 November 1319) was King of Denmark (1286-1319) and a son of Eric V. Born in 1274. ...

The magnates wanted a weak royal power, and he was accepted as king in 1320; in return he signed a contractual haandfæstning, the first time this kind of document was used as a coronation charter. He received a beginning "bankrupt estate" in which vital parts of the kingdom were mortgaged to German and Danish magnates. The conditions of the charter were very hard, because they limited his possibilities of taxation, as well as demanded his payment. For a wealthy or powerful business baron, executive, or tycoon, see business magnate Magnate is a title of nobility commonly used in Sweden, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and some other medieval empires. ... Events January 20 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland April 6 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. ... Haandfæstning (or hÃ¥ndfæstning, Danish pluralis: hÃ¥ndfæstninger) was the name for the Danish charters which was signed by Danish (and some of the time also the Swedish) kings from the 13th to the 17th century. ... A mortgage (literal translation: death pledge) is a device developed in the common law world, whereby the ownership of property is passed from one person -- the mortgagor -- to another -- the mortgagee -- in return for the loan of money. ...

During the next years Christopher tried to strengthen his position by reviving Eric’s war policy in Northern Germany. This resulted in new mortgages and taxes, and very soon he was in conflict with both the church and the magnates. During a rebellion in 1326 he was overthrown by an alliance between Danish magnates and Holstein Count Gerhard III. He was forced into exile, while the minor Duke Valdemar of South Jutland was made a puppet king. Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman I (1299-1326) to Orhan I (1326-1359) Aradia de Toscano, is initiated into a Dianic cult of Italian Witchcraft (Stregheria), and discovers through a vision that she is the human incarnation of the goddess Aradia. ... For other uses of the word, see Holstein Holstein (Hol-shtayn) (Low Saxon: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe, Eider, and the Schlei firth. ... Gerhard III of Holstein (Rendsburg) (about 1292-1. ... Valdemar III of Denmark (Waldemar III) (1314 - 1364) was a king of Denmark from 1326 to 1329 briefly when underage, as well as in 1325-26 and 1330-64 Dke of Schleswig. ...

Until 1329 Christopher lived in exile, but a growing chaos in the "magnates’s republic" of Denmark, and frictions between Gerhard and his cousin Count Johan of Plön, Christopher’s half-brother, gave him another chance.

Christopher was restored as Danish king 1329-1330 by the co-operation of Johan, but this time he was reduced to the position of a puppet from the start. Most of his country was mortgaged, and he had no chance of holding his royal power. In 1331 an attempt of using a new conflict between Gerhard and Johan by joining the latter ended in a clear military defeat at Dannevirke. At the peace he remained king, but a ruined and broken man; he died on Lolland the next year. Events September 8 - Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia Start of the reign of Emperor Kogon of Japan, first of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Births Coluccio Salutati, Florentine political leader (died 1406) Deaths January 14 - Odoric, Italian explorer October 26 - Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (born 1273) Categories: 1331... For the Danish defensive fortification, see Danevirke. ...

Upon his death Denmark ceased being a formal kingdom, and for the next eight years it was subdued by various mortgagees to a German military rule.

Posterity’s judgement of Christopher normally has been extremely hard, and he has often been regarded as a weak, unreliable and incapable tyrant— "the king who mortgaged Denmark to the Germans". Much of this might be true, but it is often forgotten that he in many ways carried on the policy of his predecessor. The line of mortgaging was widely advanced as he took over the throne. Nor would it be right to call him a passive ruler; the firm resistance by the Danish magnates and their co-operation with the Holsteiners partly undermined his freedom of action.

Christopher had three sons of which the last one, Valdemar IV Atterdag, was to restore the Danish kingdom in 1340. Valdemar Atterdag (c. ... Events January 26 - King France June 24 - The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. ...

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