Christian V of Denmark
Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.
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Portrait by Jacob d'Agar, c. 1685. The king poses with his hand authoritatively placed on the marshal's baton, as a true absolute monarch. | |
| King of Denmark and Norway | |
| Reign | 9 February 1670 – 25 August 1699 |
| Coronation | 7 June 1671 Frederiksborg Palace Chapel |
| Predecessor | Frederick III |
| Successor | Frederick IV |
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| Born | 15 April 1646 Duborg Castle, Flensburg |
| Died | 25 August 1699 (aged 53) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Burial | Roskilde Cathedral |
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| House | Oldenburg |
| Father | Frederick III of Denmark |
| Mother | Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
| Religion | Lutheran |
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Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree that institutionalized the supremacy of the king in Denmark-Norway. Christian fortified the absolutist system against the aristocracy by accelerating his father's practice of allowing both Holstein nobles and Danish and Norwegian commoners into state service.
As king, he wanted to show his power as absolute monarch through architecture, and dreamed of a Danish Versailles. He was the first to use the 1671 Throne Chair of Denmark, partly made for this purpose. His motto was: Pietate et Justitia (With piety and justice).