Frederick IV

Frederick IV (October 11, 1671 - October 12, 1730) king of Denmark and Norway from 1699. Son of Christian V, cousin to Charles XII of Sweden and Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden. He married Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow on December 5, 1695 and by her became father of five children, including Christian VI. Following her death on March 15, 1721, he married his mistress Anna Sophie Reventlow (on April 4, 1721). Three children were born of this marriage. Image File history File links fra J P Trap: berømte danske mænd og kvinder, 1868 File links The following pages link to this file: Frederick IV of Denmark ... Image File history File links fra J P Trap: berømte danske mænd og kvinder, 1868 File links The following pages link to this file: Frederick IV of Denmark ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... Charles XII, Karl XII or Carolus Rex, (June 17, 1682 – November 30, 1718), the Alexander of the North, nicknamed in Turkish as DemirbaÅŸ Åžarl (Charles the Habitue), was a King of Sweden from 1697 until his death. ... Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (February 23, 1688 - November 24, 1741) was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1719 to 1720 and then Queen consort until her death. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1721 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1721 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

For much of Frederik IV's reign Denmark was engaged in the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. A first short-lived participation 1700 ended by a Swedish invasion and threats from the Western naval powers. 1709 Denmark again entered the war encouraged by the Swedish defeat at Poltava. Frederick IV commanded the Danish troops at the battle of Gadebusch 1712. Although Denmark emerged on the victorious side, she failed to reconquer the lost possessions in Southern Sweden. The most important result was the destruction of the pro-Swedish duchy of Gottorp in Schleswig-Holstein. The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one side and Sweden on the other side from 1700 to 1721. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Poltava (Ukrainian: ) is a city and oblast center in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine with some 313,400 inhabitants (2004). ... The Battle of Gadebusch was Swedens final great victory in the Great Northern War. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... Gottorp in 1864 Gottorf (in Danish, Gottorp) is a palace and estate in the German city of Schleswig in the Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

During the years after the war trade and culture were flowering. The Danish theatre was created and the great dramatist Ludvig Holberg began his career. Also the colonisation of Greenland was started by the missionary Hans Egede. Ludvig Holberg Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (December 3, 1684 - January 28, 1754), Norwegian-Danish dramatist, historian, and essayist. ... Categories: Stub | 1686 births | 1758 deaths ...

Frederick was considered a man of responsibility and industry – often regarded as the most intelligent of all Danish absolute monarchs - and he seems to have possessed the ability of keeping independent of his ministers. Taking absolutely no interest in academic knowledge he was nevertheless a man of cultural engagement, especially in art and architecture. His main weaknesses were probably pleasure-seeking and womanising (he is the only Danish king who is known to have been twice a bigamist) that sometimes distracted him. His last years were affected by his weak health and private sorrows that made him leaning towards pietism which triumphed during the reign of his son. The term polygamy (literally much marriage in late Greek) is used in related ways in social anthropology and sociobiology. ... Pietism was a movement, in the Lutheran Church, lasting from the late-17th century to the mid-18th Century. ...

His most important domestic reform was the abolishing 1702 of the so-called "vornëdship" (Danish: vornedskab) a kind of serfdom which had fallen on the peasants of Zealand in the late Middle Age. However all was in vain because of the introduciton of the adscription 1733. Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... Costumes of Slaves or Serfs, from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries, collected by H. de Vielcastel, from original Documents in the great Libraries of Europe. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ...

During the rule of Frederick Copenhagen was hit by two disasters: the plague of 1711 and the great fire of October 1728 which destroyed most of the medieval capital. Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ... Plague is usually understood as a generic term for Bubonic plague, the mortal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas from rats and some species of mice to human beings. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala Births January 9 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. ...

On his passing in 1730, Frederick IV was interred in Roskilde Cathedral. Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral (Danish: Roskilde Domkirke), in the city of Roskilde on the Island of Zealand (Sjaelland) in eastern Denmark was the first Gothic cathedral to be built of brick and its construction encouraged the spread of this Brick Gothic style throughout Northern Europe. ...

Christian V Christian V (April 15, 1646 - August 25, 1699), was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670-1699. ... This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queen of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union. ... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ... Chistian VI (1699-1746) king of Denmark and Norway from 1730. ... This article is a list of rulers of Norway up until the present, including: The Norwegian kingdom (with the Faroe Islands) The Union with Iceland and Greenland (1262-1814) The Norwegian kingdom (with Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands 1262-1814) The Union of Sweden and Norway (1319-1343) The... Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. ...