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71-432: Blovstrød is first mentioned in 1265 as Blaustruth . The first part of the name may be derived from the male name Blawæsti' (Sorte-Væsti) while the suffix -rød means "clearing". The area was from the early Middle Ages crown land and in 1700 Blovstrød was one of the parishes that were placed under Hirschholm Palace which was given to Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow as her personal property by king Frederick IV . The village

142-587: A bakery. A district plan for a new neighbourhood on the west side of Kongevejen was adopted by Allerød Municipal Council in March 20165. It covers an area of approximately 24.4 hectares. The former brickyard site, located south of Sortedamvej, was part of the Europan 11 programme. The competition was won by Mette Blankenberg and Eyrun Margret Stefansdottir. A district plan for the area was adopted in January 2016. The site covers

213-550: A campaign under the aged Johan Rantzau , which reconquered Dithmarschen . However, after miscalculating the cost of the Northern Seven Years' War , he pursued a more prudent foreign policy . The remainder of Frederick II's reign was a period of tranquillity, in which king and nobles prospered. Frederick spent more time hunting and feasting with his councillors, and focused on architecture and science. During his reign, many building projects were begun, including additions to

284-550: A connection for pedestrians and cyclists. Sandholmgårdsvej connects Blovstrød to Hørsholm and the Helsingør Motorway to the east. Hirschholm Palace Hirschholm Palace , also known as Hørsholm Palace , was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen , Denmark . It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it became known as

355-525: A decent summer residence for the king and queen. Until the takeover, conditions at the place had been modest, in fact it was a medieval facility where only a few modernizations had been made. The de Thurah-designed baroque palace was completed in 1744 and was one of the most impressive building works of that period. It was referred to as "The Versailles of the North". When the king died in 1746 it became Sophie Magdalene's residence as Queen Dowager . She carried out

426-541: A half-hearted attempt to do so in 1568, but neither Frederik nor his Swedish opponent was willing to concede defeat. The war developed into an extremely expensive war of attrition in which the areas of Scania were ravaged by the Swedes, and Norway was almost lost. During this war, King Frederick II led his army personally on the battlefield, but although with some small success, overall without much result. The council, in cutting off financial support, had hoped to coerce

497-471: A liberation for Frederick. He had finally escaped from the royal court with its tightly regulated existences and pious daily lives. Just outside the moats around Malmö Castle was the lively trading town of Malmö , which offered a young man all-out experiences. While spending many of his youth years in Scania , he became known as the " Prince of Scania " ( princeps Scaniæ ) ( Danish : Fyrste af Skåne ). It

568-491: A number of changes on the estate that pointed towards the agricultural reforms that would come to play a big role in the country during the coming decades. Thurah's drawings of the palace were published in Den Danske Vitruvius in 1746–1749. The Dowager Queen Sophie Magdalene died in 1770, and the palace was taken over by King Christian VII who used it as a summer residence for his family and court. On 17 June 1771

639-463: A part of Allerød ) was called the Noble Estate of Hørsholm ( adelsgodset Hørsholm ), and was endowed to various noblemen and members of the royal court. By the middle of the 17th century a royal tradition had developed whereby the ruling king bestowed Hørsholm Palace to his consort, and it was used as a summer residence. The estate was now being managed directly by the royal house, and income went to

710-645: A peace favoring Denmark-Norway in the Treaties of Roskilde (1568) , the ongoing war dragged on until it was ended by a status quo peace in the Treaty of Stettin (1570) , that let Denmark-Norway save face but also show limits of Danish and Norwegian military power. Frederik II learned a great deal about kingship during the war with Sweden. He learned to include the Council of the Realm in most matters of policy, but he also learned that it

781-514: A rather peripatetic court, moving from residence to residence throughout the Danish countryside, spending a fair share of his time in hunting . This allowed him the opportunity to meet members of the Council individually and informally, in their home regions. As was required of the Danish King, he did summon the Council of the Realm once annually to meet at the herredag , but most of his business with

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852-527: A taste for all things military. This was most troubling to Frederick's father, the ageing Christian III , who feared that in the Empire Frederick would develop ambitions that would exceed both his abilities and the resources of his kingdoms, and that the trip would ultimately drag Denmark-Norway into the maelstrom of German princely politics. In 1552, Steward of the Realm, Peder Oxe (1520–1575), had been raised to Councillor of State ( Rigsraad ). During

923-501: A total area of approximately 22 hectares of which just under 16 hectares are transferred to "urban zone" and approximately 360 new homes will be built in the area. Allerød station is located on the Hillerød radial of the S-train network and is served by the E trains . The distance from Blovstrød to the station is just under two kilometres. A paved and illuminated path, Ejnars Sti, provides

994-519: A trip throughout the Holy Roman Empire in 1557–58. Here Frederik made the acquaintance of the new emperor, Ferdinand I (reigned 1558–64) at his coronation , his son and heir apparent Maximilian (emperor 1564–76), William of Orange , and a host of other more prominent German Protestant princes. The experience nurtured in Frederik a lasting appreciation of the great complexity of German politics and

1065-465: Is not at home', which signalled to his guests that all court formalities were temporarily suspended, and that they could talk and joke as they pleased without restraint. The Danish court of Frederick II may have appeared to be unsophisticated to outside observers, but the openness and bawdiness of court life served Frederik's political purposes. In 1585, he visited Norway for the first and only time as king, but only went to Bohuslen . The great cost of

1136-461: Is not known whether this title was ever officially decreed to him. The only political education that Frederik received came from his close friendship with his brother-in-law, Elector Augustus of Saxony (reigned 1553–86). Some authors have later stated that Augustus was "the only strong emotional support" Frederick received in his youth. Augustus, who was the husband of Frederik's elder sister Anne , took Frederik under his wing, chaperoning him on

1207-493: The Northern Seven Years' War a period of affluence and growth followed in Danish-Norwegian history. The greater financial liquidity of the crown and the king's decreased dependence on the Council for funding, while not meaning that Frederick was actively seeking to sidestep conciliar control, it did allow him to be less frugal than his late father, Christian III , had been. Considerable funds were devoted to an expansion of

1278-405: The Northern Seven Years' War , some 1.1 million rigsdaler , was recovered chiefly from higher taxation on both Danish and Norwegian farm properties. After state finances collapsed in the aftermath of the war, King Frederick II called Peder Oxe home to address the kingdom's economy. The taking over of Danish administration and finances by the able councillor, provided a marked improvement for

1349-538: The village pond . Blovstrød is home to two primary schools, the public Blovstrød School and the private Allerød Privatskole. The Sandholm estate to the east of Blovstrød has a history that dates back to the 13th century. It is now part of the Høvelte-Sandholm-Sjælsø military grounds. Høvelte Barracks is home to the Royal Danish Life Guards . Local retail includes a Netto store, a REMA 1000 and

1420-439: The " Versailles of the North". It developed a notorious reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809–1813. The palace was designed by Lauritz de Thurah for King Christian VI and his consort Queen Sophie Magdalene , and was intended as their summer residence. Hirschholm Palace

1491-483: The 1562 Treaty of Mozhaysk . His brother Magnus was later made titular King of Livonia, as a vassal of Tsar Ivan IV. King Frederick's competition with Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic broke out into open warfare in 1563, the start of the Northern Seven Years' War , the dominating conflict of his rule. The leading councillors, Johan Friis foremost among them, had feared a Swedish onslaught for several years, and after

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1562-562: The Council without sacrificing his own royal interests. This meant showing generosity to the conciliar aristocracy through various gifts and concessions, which he did in grand style. Shortly before the signing of his coronation charter ( haandfæstning ), Andreas von Barby , leader of the German Chancery, died. Barby was not well liked in the Council of the Realm, but he was extreamly wealthy. The extensive fiefs in his possession reverted to

1633-545: The Crown, and Frederik was careful to distribute out these properties among the leading members of the Council of the Realm. Throughout his reign, Frederik would reward his conciliar aristocracy generously. Fiefs were distributed on highly favourable terms. The substantially warmer relationship between king and Council of the Realm after the Ditmarschen campaign is best illustrated by the Danish central administration's performance in

1704-507: The Danish-Norwegian fleet and of the facilities for its support, not merely for security purposes but also to aid Frederick's active endeavours to rid the Baltic Sea of pirates . The increased revenues likewise enabled Frederik to undertake the construction of Denmark's first national road network , the so-called kongevej (' King's Road '), connecting the larger towns and the royal residences. The most visible area of expenditure, however,

1775-555: The Icelandic trade and fisheries into the hands of his own subjects instead of Englishmen and Germans and encouraged adventurers such as Magnus Heinason , to whom he gave a monopoly of trade with the Faeroes , a half-share in ships captured on unlawful passage to the White Sea , and backing for a bold but unsuccessful attempt to reach east Greenland . The necessity of maintaining order within

1846-478: The Queen. Frederick IV ’s consort Queen Louise owned Hørsholm Palace between 1700 and 1721. She had it modernised and added a number of farm buildings to the estate. Immediately after he became king in 1730, King Christian VI donated Hirschholm to his queen consort, Sophie Magdalene , as a life estate . Thus began a new phase in the history of the site. The queen decided that the old castle should be converted into

1917-488: The age of 24. He inherited capable and strong realms, formed in large by his father after the civil war known as the Count's Feud , after which Denmark-Norway saw a period of economic recovery and of a great increase in the centralised authority of the Crown. Frederick was, especially in his youth and unlike his father, belligerent and adversarial, aroused by honor and national pride, and so he began his reign auspiciously with

1988-412: The amazement, been when the teaching started. Frederick learned to write beautiful and clear letters, but when it came to reading and spelling, the royal student was "a disaster". For Hans Svaning , this deranged spelling of Frederick's could only be seen as sloppy and laziness, given that the royal boy otherwise seemed smart enough. Time and time again, Frederick has been punished, probably not only by

2059-566: The bosom of the family. In addition to Anna , who was born in 1532, and Frederik from 1534, the group of siblings consisted of Magnus , born 1540, and John , who was born in 1545 and called John the Younger , to distinguish him from Christian III's half-brother, John the Elder . Youngest was a girl who was born in 1546 and named after her mother. It was the usual pedagogical view of the time that parents were so inclined to spoil their own children that

2130-512: The campaign were cold comforts to the members of the Council of the Realm , Johan Friis in particular. Friis had warned Frederick that a very real threat of conflict with Sweden loomed just over the horizon, but the king had not listened, and had not even consulted with the Council about the Ditmarschen. The adversarial king–Council relationship improved relatively quickly however, and not because Frederik caved in to conciliar opposition. Rather,

2201-471: The church meant that royal interference into ecclesiastical affairs was unavoidable. There was no longer an archbishop within the hierarchy , so the king was the final authority in matters that could not be settled by the bishops alone. As his father, Christian III , put it, kings were the 'father to the superintendents'. As protector of the church and therefore of the clergy, Frederick frequently intervened in disputes between clergy and laity , even when

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2272-453: The company of learned men , and in the correspondence and legislation he dictated to his secretaries he showed himself to be quick-witted and articulate. Frederick was also open and loyal, and had a knack for establishing close personal bonds with fellow princes and with those who served him. In 1572, Frederick married his cousin Sophie of Mecklenburg . Their relationship is regarded as one of

2343-586: The coronation. Within weeks of Christian's passing, Frederick joined with his uncles in Holstein , John and Adolf , in a military campaign to conquer the Ditmarschen , under Johan Rantzau . Frederik II's great-uncle , King John , had failed to subjugate the peasant republic in 1500, but the Frederick's 1559-campaign was a quick and relatively painless victory for the Danish Kingdom. The brevity and low cost of

2414-599: The council from the direction of the war, and though he retained chief operational control he entrusted much responsibility to his councillors, including Holger Ottesen Rosenkrants , Marshal Otte Krumpen , and Admiral Herluf Trolle . Only one constitutional crisis emerged during the war ; in late 1569, after six years of war, the Council decided not to provide the king with further grants of taxation. The war had been costly, both in lives and in gold, but since 1565 Denmark-Norway had made no appreciable gains. The council had already asked Frederik to make peace, and he had made

2485-681: The council was done on a one-to-one basis. This ensured a very close personal bond with each member of the council while minimizing the opportunity for the council to oppose him as a full body. Frederik's personable disposition also helped, and so, too, did the informal nature of court life under Frederik II. The king hunted , feasted , and drank with his noble councillors and advisers , and even with visiting foreign dignitaries , treating them as his equal peers and companions rather than as political opponents or inferiors. The eighteenth-century chronicler Ludvig Holberg claimed that when dining at his court, Frederik would frequently announce that 'the king

2556-428: The elaborate ceremonies staged for royal weddings and other public celebrations. Frederick II had claimed naval supremacy in 'the king's sound', as he called The Sound and, indeed, the whole expanse of waters lying between his Norwegian and Icelandic possessions. In 1583 he secured an agreement by which England made an annual payment for permission to sail there, and France later followed suit. He also tried to bring

2627-473: The former King Christian II , a period known as the Count's Feud , Christian III finally became victorious, and was proclaimed King of a new Protestant Denmark. After King Christian III's victory in the Count's Feud , royal power had now returned to Denmark, and in such a way that the king could set his own terms. In his haandfæstning , a document which all former Danish Kings must sign, and which regulates

2698-522: The furthest, and who could construct the most formidable castles. In the 1570s he constructed Kronborg , a large Renaissance castle that became widely recognized abroad, and its dance hall was the largest in Northern Europe at the time. He enjoyed entertaining guests and throwing elaborate festivities, which were well known throughout Europe. During the same period, the Danish-Norwegian fleet

2769-560: The greatest national crisis of the reign, the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70) against Sweden. From his predecessor, Frederick inherited the Livonian War . In 1560, he installed his younger brother, Magnus of Holstein (1540–1583), in the Bishopric of Ösel–Wiek . King Frederick II largely tried to avoid conflict in Livonia and consolidated amicable relations with Tsar Ivan IV of Russia in

2840-459: The grounds of the demolished palace. The park surrounding the church, which is located on a small island in a lake, still bears some evidence of the original palace garden. A number of the farm buildings Louise had built in the early 18th century still exist. Some of them formerly housed the Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry . The Hørsholm Local History Museum has a permanent exhibit about

2911-516: The happiest royal marriages in Renaissance Europe . In the first ten years after the wedding, they had seven children, and are described as inseparable and harmonious. Frederick was committed to becoming the mightiest king in the North , and for several years he fought exhausting wars against his archrival Erik XIV of Sweden , after which the battles changed character. It became a competition to see who could trace their family history

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2982-536: The issues involved were trivial ones. Frederik II, repeatedly came to the defence of new parish priests whose congregations tried to force them to marry their predecessors' widows , and sometimes to protect preachers from the wrath of overbearing noblemen. Conversely, the king – and especially Frederik II – would see to it personally that unruly, incompetent, or disreputable priests lost their parishes, or he would pardon those who had been punished by their superintendents for minor infractions. Protecting and disciplining

3053-456: The king into ending the war. Frederik felt betrayed, and after some reflection, Frederick felt that the only honourable recourse was abdication . With his letter of resignation in the hands of the councillors, he left the capital to go hunting in the countryside . The king, still unmarried, had no heir, and consequently the Council of the Realm had good reason to fear another leaderless interregnum and even another civil war. It played into

3124-537: The king's hands; the Council begging for his return to the throne and allowed him to summon a Diet to consider additional tax levies . The conflict damaged his relationship with his noble councillors; however, the later Sture murders of 24 May 1567 by the insane King Eric XIV in Sweden, eventually helped stabilize the situation in Denmark-Norway. After King John III of Sweden , King Eric's successor, refused to accept

3195-459: The kingdom with the king , had not chosen a successor, and now Denmark had, for more than a year, functioned as an Aristocratic Republic. The father of the newborn Frederik, Christian, although eldest son of the late king, was not automatically King of Denmark, as the kingship in Denmark was not hereditary , but elective . Noblemen of the Council of the Realm could choose to pick another member of

3266-574: The monarch's power, a Danish parallel to the Magna Carta ) and on 20 August 1559 Frederick II was crowned at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen by a Danish superintendent , with Nicolaus Palladius and Jens Skielderup two Norwegian superintendent assisting, symbolizing the relationship between the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway . Week-long and elaborate celebrations are said to have taken place after

3337-520: The national treasury. Councillors of experience, including Niels Kaas , Arild Huitfeldt , and Christoffer Valkendorff , took care of the domestic administration. Subsequently, government finances were put in order and Denmark-Norway's economy improved. One of the chief expedients of the improved state of affairs was the raising of the Sound Dues . Oxe, as lord treasurer, reduced the national debt considerably and redeemed portions of crown lands . After

3408-505: The palace, the royal affair and its consequences. 55°52′29″N 12°30′1″E  /  55.87472°N 12.50028°E  / 55.87472; 12.50028 Frederick II of Denmark Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588. A member of the House of Oldenburg , Frederick began his personal rule of Denmark-Norway at

3479-403: The parish, with the town of Blovstrød, became part of Allerød Municipality in the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform while the eastern part of the municipality became part of Hørsholm Municipality . The factory closed in 1982. Blovstrød Church is a Romanesque ville church. The nave and chancel dates from before 1200. Next to the church is the parish house. Little remains of the original village but

3550-401: The relationship between king and nobility , he reduced the nobility's power, and established that the first son of the king should always be seen as heir apparent , and succeed his father automatically. On 30 October 1536 Christian convened the estates of the realm ( Rigsdag ) to Copenhagen , where they formally proclaimed Frederick heir apparent and successor to the throne, granting him

3621-502: The royal castles of Kronborg at Elsinore and Frederikborg Castle at Hillerød . Frederick has to a great extent been overshadowed by his popular, long-reigning son Christian IV , and often been portrayed with skepticism and resentment, resulting in the prevailing portrait of Frederick as a man and as king: an unlettered, inebriated, brutish sot. This portrayal is, however, inequitable and inaccurate, and recent studies reappraise and acknowledge him as highly intelligent; he craved

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3692-441: The royal couple's concern by leaving the children too much out of sight in the tense political situation that prevailed in the first ten years of Frederik's life. Frederik's education, although profound and thorough, was focused on the ecclesiastical and lutheran doctrine, Frederick mainly learning instructions in theology. While a princely educational program, which included learning the art of stewardship , diplomacy and war,

3763-405: The royal family and court took summer residence at the palace, and on 7 July Queen Caroline Mathilde gave birth to her second child, Princess Louise Augusta , whose father was almost certainly Johann Friedrich Struensee . That summer has come to be referred to as the "Hirschholm Summer" in Danish history. After that summer, and after the arrest of Struensee and the Queen on 17 January 1772, and

3834-487: The royal family as king if they so decided. Frederick I and his son Christian were staunch Protestants and adherents to the Lutheran cause , however, in the Council of the Realm , which consisted of many Catholic bishops as well as a number of powerful noblemen from the old nobility, there were a majority to support the established Catholic Church . After a period of interregnum and after subsequent risings in favour of

3905-608: The spring of 1557, Oxe and the King had quarreled over a mutual property exchange. Failing to compromise matters with the King, Oxe had fled to Germany in 1558. Frederick's father Christian III died on 1 January 1559 at Koldinghus . Frederick was not present at his father's bedside when he died, a circumstance that did not endear the new king, now King Frederick II of Denmark-Norway, to the councillors who had grown to appreciate and revere Christian. On 12 August 1559 Frederick signed his haandfæstning (lit. "Handbinding" viz. curtailment of

3976-408: The subsequent execution of Struensee, and the banishment and imprisonment of the Queen, the palace stood empty until 1810. At that time Frederik VI had the now dilapidated palace torn down for use as build materials for the rebuilding of Christiansborg Palace , which had burned to the ground in the fire of 1794. In 1822-23 a small church designed by architect Christian Frederik Hansen was built on

4047-494: The succession of Frederick II's first cousin, the ambitious and unbalanced Eric XIV (reigned 1560–1568) to the Vasa throne a confrontation appeared inevitable. Still, few councillors wanted war, and they preferred to wait until it was forced upon them, while Frederik preferred a preemptive strike . Despite its initial opposition to the war, the Council of the Realm went along with the king. Frederik II, wisely, made no effort to exclude

4118-510: The teacher, but also by his strict mother, who would gladly step in if Svaning's teaching was not sufficient. Because of Frederick's heavy dyslexia , he was perceived by his contemporaries as unlettered and illiterate. Both Frederick's father and mother looked with skepticism at the heir to the throne, and they kept him under the watchful eye of knowledgeable men as far as possible to prevent him from publicly speaking out. Neither did his father entrust Frederik with any administrative duties. It

4189-855: The title " Prince of Denmark ". In 1542, the Prince travelled around Denmark and was hailed by the people. In the Midsummer of 1548 Christian III and his son Frederick, in a fleet of 7 ships and together with 30 Danish nobles, sailed for Oslo , where Frederick was hailed as heir apparent to the Throne of the Kingdom of Norway . The royal reception included Danish nobles holding fiefs in Norway , received by Prince Frederik on his ship. The entire Norwegian nobility had been summoned to Oslo. While Christian III secured control of Denmark and Norway, his and Dorothea's children grew up in

4260-471: The two parties quickly learned to work together because their interests, and the Kingdom's, required that they did so. From an early time, the council invested much power in Frederick, as they had no desire to go back to the destructive near-anarchy of the pre-civil war years. Frederik would soon learn how to play the constitutional game, that is required in a consensual monarchy, such as Denmark; namely to humour

4331-446: The upbringing of the children should be delegated to other members of the family, typically the child's maternal grandparents. But Queen Dorothea didn't want to send the children away when in infancy . Moreover, her own mother was suspected of nurturing Catholic sympathies, and in the religious era, a Lutheran Danish king could not in good conscience expose his child to Catholic influences. Another contributing factor has probably been

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4402-511: The young Prince Frederick. He was to have a Danish court steward , but he also had to work with and be inspected daily by a chamberlain , who was to be a reliable and sobering man from the Holstein nobility . The prince had to learn Latin , German, Danish , French and other languages, and when he got older he had to learn fencing and other chivalry exercises. He was to have 10–15 young men for company both in his studies and in his chivalrous exercises. To which extent this educational program

4473-504: Was built on a site that had been used since the Middle Ages . From around 1100 there was a fortification at site known as Hørningsholm. In 1391 the estate became crown land when Queen Margrete I took possession of the property. At the end of the 16th century Frederik II and Christian IV built a royal hunting lodge on the site. The estate, which covered a large area (the present-day municipalities of Hørsholm , Karlebo , Birkerød and

4544-432: Was developed into one of Europe's largest and most modern. As part of his efforts to strengthen the kingdoms, he provided much support for science and culture . Frederick was born on 1 July 1534 at Haderslevhus Castle , the son of Duke Christian of Schleswig and Holstein (later King Christian III of Denmark and Norway) and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg , the daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg . His mother

4615-409: Was followed is not known. In 1541, Frederick aged 7, he began his schooling. Frederick was appointed Hans Svenning , a reputed Danish humanist and professor of rhetoric at University of Copenhagen , as teacher. Christian III and Dorothea had probably been expecting a lot from Frederick's schooling. The son was obviously bright and had a good memory. So much bigger has the disappointment, and

4686-424: Was only at the age of 20 in 1554 that Frederik was allowed to hold his own court at Malmö Castle in Scania , but under the supervision of the middle-aged lensman (' Fief -man') Ejler Hardenberg , who was appointed the prince's court master. At the same time, political training began, which was put in the hands of the two driven noblemen Eiler Rønnow and Erik Rosenkrantz. The years in Scania , must have felt like

4757-412: Was possible to manipulate the council, even to bend it to his own will, without humiliating it or undermining its authority. He would later come to master this ability and use it extensively. During the eighteen remaining years of his reign, Frederik would come to drew extensively on the lessons he learned in the Northern Seven Years' War with Eric XIV of Sweden . In the peacetime years, he maintained

4828-484: Was proposed and planned by the Danish Chancellor, it was not executed in full as the Danish Chancellor's relationship with Christian III deteriorated before the education could begin. Life at the court of Christian III and Dorothea was imbued with a fervent Lutheran Christianity with which all their children naturally grew up. In March 1538 Chancellor Wolfgang von Utenhof proposed an educational program for

4899-426: Was the royal castles and the court itself. Frederick spent freely on the reconstruction of several royal residences and other cities: For all Frederick's egalitarian behaviour at his court, Frederick was acutely aware of his elevated status. Like most monarchs of his day, he sought to bolster his international reputation through a measure of ostentatious display, in his patronage of artists and musicians, as well as in

4970-541: Was the sister of Catherine , the first wife of the Swedish king Gustav Vasa , and the mother of Eric XIV , his future rival. At the time of Frederick's birth, a civil war of Denmark was coming to an end (just three days after Frederick's birth his father Christian became King of Denmark). The previous king, Frederick I , died on 10 April the year before, but the Danish Council of the Realm , which traditionally ruled

5041-467: Was the site of a roadside inn. Blovstrød Brickyard was established in 1860 and grew to become one of the largest brickyards in Northern Europe. It had an extensive network of industrial railway tracks to several clay pits in the area. The old school was demolished and a new one was built in 1938. Blovstrød began to grow with new areas of single family detached homes in the 1950s. The western part of

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