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Christian IV
/ ˈkresdjan; ˈkrɪstʃən /
noun
- Christian IV15771648MDanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648): defeated in the Thirty Years' War (1629) and by Sweden (1645)
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The battle that then ensued is the one of which the poet sings and with which the name of Christian IV is forever linked.
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The town was founded in 1641 by Christian IV., after whom it was named.
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