Magnus of Livonia (26 August1540Københavns slot - 18 March1583 Piltene) was the King of Livonia, son of King Christian III of Denmark and Queen Dorothea af Sachsen-Lauenburg, brother of Frederick II of Denmark. His capital was Põltsamaa. August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... Christiansborg Castle Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in Copenhagen was built for the countrys three supreme powers: the royal power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The word king has many meanings: For the head of state, see Monarch. ... Livonia (Latvian: Livonija; Estonian: Liivimaa; German: Livland; Polish: Inflanty; Russian: ЛифлÑÐ½Ð´Ð¸Ñ or Liflandiya) once was the land of the Finnic Livonians, but came in the Middle Ages to designate a much broader territory controlled by the Livonian Order on the eastern coasts of the Baltic Sea in present-day Latvia and... Christian III Christian III (August 12, 1503–January 1, 1559), king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anne of Brandenburg. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... Frederick II (July 1, 1534 - April 4, 1588), King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 until his death. ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...
During the Livonia Wars[?] (1558-1582) the Livonia Confederation was dissolved.
The south-western part of Estonia and the north-eastern part of Latvia were ceded to Poland and formed into the Duchy of Livonia (Pardaugavas hercogiste).
Another district, the Bishopric of Piltene, also called the "Bishopric of Courland" (on the Venta River in western Courland), belonged to Magnus, the king of Denmark.
The political constitution of Livonia, both the Livonian Order and the Livonian bishoprics, were now questioned; the Livonian Order, for decades, had suffered a sharp decline in their ranks, seriously affecting its ability to defend the country.
Magnus of Holstein, ruler of Ösel-Wiek (since 1560) and appointed "King of Livonia" by Ivan IV., tried to expand his rule (1577).
The territories of Duke Magnus were split, the Stift Pilten was annexed by Poland, Wiek by Sweden; Ösel returned to Danish rule (until 1645).
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