Magnus, Duke of Holstein
| Magnus of Denmark | |
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Bishop of Ösel-Wiek | |
| Reign | 1560–1572 |
| Bishop of Courland | |
| Reign | 1560–1583 |
| King of Livonia (nominal) | |
| Reign | 1570–1578 |
| Born | 5 September 1540 Copenhagen Castle, Denmark |
| Died | 28 March 1583 (aged 42) Pilten, Latvia |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa |
| Issue | Marie of Oldenburg Eudoxia of Oldenburg |
| House | House of Oldenburg |
| Father | King Christian III of Denmark |
| Mother | Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
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Magnus of Denmark or Magnus of Holstein (5 September [
Early life
Duke Magnus was born at the Copenhagen Castle in 1540 as the second son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. At the age of 17 he was sent to Germany to be educated at various German courts. Following the death of his father in 1559, he returned to Denmark for the coronation of his older brother, King Frederick II of Denmark.
The same year, the
King of Livonia
During the
The newly crowned king Magnus of Livonia left Moscow with 20,000 Russian soldiers with the intention of conquering Swedish-controlled Reval. Ivan's hope of the support of Frederick II of Denmark, the older brother of Magnus, failed. By the end of March 1571, Magnus gave up the struggle for Reval and abandoned the siege.[1][4]
In 1577, having lost Ivan's favor and receiving no support from his brother, Magnus called on the Livonian nobility to rally to him in a struggle against foreign occupation. He was attacked by Ivan's forces and taken prisoner. On his release, he renounced his royal title. Magnus gave the rights to the throne to the genus of Stephen Báthory.[6]
Magnus spent the last six years of his life at the castle of Pilten in the Bishopric of Courland, where he died as a pensioner of the Polish crown.[7]
In 1662, Magnus' body was returned to Denmark and was reburied in the Roskilde Cathedral.[8]
Spouse and issue
On 12 April 1574, he married Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa, daughter of Vladimir of Staritsa, Duke of Staritsa. His issue included:
- Marie of Oldenburg (c. July 1580 – c. 1597)
- Eudoxia of Oldenburg (c. 1581 – c. 1588)
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5.
- ISBN 978-0-554-73173-5.
- ISBN 1-57607-800-0; p.70
- ^ a b c Madariaga 2006, pp. 253–254.
- ISBN 9949-407-18-4.
- ISBN 0-415-02472-2
- ISBN 9004137904– via Google Books.
- ^ Kønigsfeldt, Johannes Peter Frederik; Danske historiske forening (1856). Genealogisk-historiske tabeller over de nordiske rigers kongeslægter (in Danish). B. Lunos bogtrykkeri. p. 52.
Bibliography
- Madariaga, Isabel de (25 September 2006). Ivan the Terrible. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11973-2.
External links
- Livonian Wars, by Kara Broughton
- Die Münzen von Herzog Magnus (in German)
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