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| | Christian II of Denmark - Article about Christian II of Denmark |
 | | Another peculiarity, more fatal to him in that aristocratic age than any other, was his fondness for the common people, which was increased by his passion for a pretty Norwegian girl of Dutch heritage, named Dyveke Sigbritsdatter, who became his mistress in 1507 or 1509. |
 | | But he would not give up his liaison with Dyveke, and it was only the death of the unfortunate girl in 1517, under suspicious circumstances, that prevented serious complications with the emperor Charles V. |
 | | The king’s almost “Shakespearean” life and career – both the Dyveke affair, his acts concerning the Bloodbath, his behavior at the time of his downfall 1523 and his obscure existence as “the prisoner of Soenderborg” has created many myths. |
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