| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:King 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 12 August 1503 
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                                | gptkbp:birthName | gptkb:Christianity 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Schloss_Gottorf,_Schleswig 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Roskilde_Cathedral 
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                                | gptkbp:children | gptkb:Frederick_II_of_Denmark gptkb:John_II,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
 gptkb:Anna,_Electress_of_Saxony
 gptkb:Dorothea,_Duchess_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg
 gptkb:Magnus,_Duke_of_Holstein
 
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                                | gptkbp:coronationDate | 12 August 1537 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1 January 1559 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Koldinghus,_Kolding,_Denmark 
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                                | gptkbp:dynasty | gptkb:Oldenburg 
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                                | gptkbp:father | gptkb:Frederick_I_of_Denmark 
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                                | gptkbp:house | gptkb:House_of_Oldenburg 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Danish_Reformation 
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                                | gptkbp:monarch | gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Norway
 
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                                | gptkbp:mother | Anna of Brandenburg 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | Established Lutheranism as the state religion in Denmark and Norway 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:Frederick_I_of_Denmark 
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                                | gptkbp:reignEnd | 1559 
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                                | gptkbp:reignStart | 1534 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Lutheranism 
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                                | gptkbp:signature | Christian III signature.svg 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Dorothea_of_Saxe-Lauenburg 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | gptkb:Frederick_II_of_Denmark 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Denmark 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Christian III of Denmark 
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