Christian IV

/ ˈkrɪstʃən; ˈkresdjan /

noun

1. Christian IV15771648MDanishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1577–1648, king of Denmark and Norway (1588–1648): defeated in the Thirty Years' War (1629) and by Sweden (1645)

Example Sentences

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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