he encourages the Reformers for a time, 219; his adviser, Mother Sigbrit, ib.; he puts Torbe Oxe to death, 220; the fatal glove, ib.; his defeat by rebels, 221; his cap- tivity with a dwarf, and death seventeen years after, ib. Christian III., King of Denmark, his feud when Count, 223; he is proclaimed king, 224; puts down the Romish Church, b.; estab- lishes the Lutheran faith, ib.; persecutes the Calvinists, 225; his death, ib.; progress of the country during his reign, ib. Christian IV., King of Denmark,
his minority, 249; his accom- plishments, 250; his love for the sea, ib.; his visit to England, ib.; the report of King James's cour- tiers, ib.; war with Sweden and Germany, 25, 253, 254; his great merits, 252; he revises the Jaws, ib.; his gal antry, 255; his death, ib.; his queens, ib.; how the Danes revere his memory, 256; his wars with Sweden, 270, 273, 287
Christianity, its rise and progress ân Scandinavia, 31, 46, 49, 51, 82, 143, 148, 155
Christina, daughter of Gustaf Adolf,
her minority, 254, 278, 285 Christopher, son of Valdemar II., his father gives him Laaland and Falster, 122; he is chosen King of Denmark, 125; his disputes with his primate, 126; he is ex- communicated, b.; his sudden death, 127
Christopher of Bavaria, elected King of Denmark, 188; succeeds to the crowns of Norway and Sweden, 188, 189, 193; his agree- ment with Karl Knudsson, 189; his queen, ib.; his troubles with his people, 190; his easy temper, ib.; Jutland revolts, ib.; the ways
Danes in early times, 17; of Jut- land and the Isles, 21; their rovings in King Gorm's time, 40; the booty they got from Charles the Fat, 40, 41; they besiege Paris, 41, 42; King Arnulf defeats them at Louvaine, 43; how they were intermingled with the Swedes, 65; the way they chose their kings, 97, 104, 125 Danneberg Castle, royal captives in, 117, 118
Dannebrog, or national standard, 115
Dannevirke, or Danish outworks, 47; burnt, 49
Danzig, an impostor claims the
crown of Norway and is executed at, 175
David, Irish monk, 148 Denmark, position of, 22; origin of its name, 23, 24; names of its provinces, 23; in A.D. 871, 30; Christianity in, 31, 46, 49, 51; visited by Anscarius, 34; the first King of all Denmark, 36; in early times, 45; its first Queen, ib.; Knud and his sons, 51; joined with Norway for five years, 56, 57; the Estridsens, descent of the royal family, 93; its laws, 97, 120; the Valdemars, 103; civil war in A.D. 1147, 104; the peasants are poor and power- less, ib.; prosperity of the coun- try under the Valdemars, 109, 113; its history from A.D. 1202 to A. D. 1259, 113; first appear- ance of the national standard, 115; a century of troubles, 122; the burgher classes send repre- sentatives to the Danehof, 125; differences between Church and State, 126; from A.D. 1259 to A.D. 1387, 128; decline of the royal power, 130; under an in- terdict, 126, 133; the credit of the country revives, 136; without a king for four years, 140; union with Sweden and Norway, 168, 180; from A.D. 1412 to A.D. 1448, 183; and Sweden, from A.D. 1450, 198; crown bartered for favours, 203; its history from A.D. 1500, 212; the Swedish crown lost, 215, 231; the Reformers in, 219, 222, 224; the Count's Feud, 223; from A. D. 1559 to A.D. 1648, 244; its dec ine, 254; wars with Sweden, 239, 244, 251, 254, 287
Didrik Slaghoek, Regent of Sweden,
Ditmarshes, inhabitants of the, 205;
their courage, ib. ; their rebellions, 119, 206, 207, 244, 245 Dönsk tunga, or Danish tongue, 59 Dorothea of Brandenburg, marries King Christopher, 189; re-mar- ries King Christian, 192 Dyveke, or the Dove, her death,
Ebbo, Archbishop of Rheims, his mission to Jutland, 32
Edmund Gammal, King of Sweden, 84, 144
Egede, Hans, his mission to Green- land, 85
Egede, Paul, Greenland missionary, 85
Egnen, battle of, 276
Ejnar, son of Jarl Rögnvald, 69 Ejsten, King of Norway, his reign, 152; his death, 153
Elizabeth, Countess of Holstein, seeks aid from Queen Margaret, 181
Elizabeth, Princess of Holstein-Got- torp, seized by Valdemar Atter- dag, 138, 139, 164; Magnus Smek offers to marry her, 139 Elizabeth, Queen of England, her suitor Erik, 237
Emma, Queen, her conspiracy, 52; her conduct during her son's reign,
55 Englebrecht Englebrechtsson heads a rebellion against Erik, 186; his conduct to the bishops, ib.; he is murdered, 187
Enköping, battle of, 165 Erik Blod-öxe, his harsh rule, 77; he is dethroned and driven out of the country, 78; his sons invade Norway, 79
Erik, Duke of Slesvig, defeats the Royal troops, 129
Erik Ejegod, King of Denmark, 98;
his beauty and great skill in arts
and exercises, ib.; his pilgrimages, 99; he and his queen die on the way to Jerusalem, ib.; the grief of the Danes at his death, ib. Erik Emun, revenges his brother's
murder, 101; he is raised to the throne of Denmark, 103; he causes his brother with his ten sons to be murdered, 104 Erik Eriksson Læspe, last of the Bondar kings, 148, 149; death, 150 Erik Glipping, King of Denmark, his minority, 129; he is im- prisoned by Duke Erik of Slesvig, ib.; he pays a fine to Erlandsen, ib.; his evil habits, 130; he is slain in a barn, ib.
Erik Graafell, son of Erik Blod-öxe, 79
Erik Johansson Vasa, his execution, 216, 228
Erik Knudsson, King of Sweden,
his marriage, 149; he is the first king crowned by the clergy, ib. ; his death, ib.
Erik Menved, King of Denmark,
his minority, 130; how he was brought up, 131; his useless wars, ib.; he misrules his kingdom and quarrels with the clergy, 132; the loss of his infant children, 133; his death, ib.
Erik of Pomerania, his adoption by Queen Margaret, 176; he is ap- pointed her successor, 168, 174, 176; he is crowned joint King at Calmar, 179; his incapacity, 180; he executes Abraham Brodersen, 181; his war with Holstein, 181, 184, 185, 186; he rules alone, 183; his incapacity is confirmed, 184; his appeal to the Emperor Sigismund, 185; his pilgrimage, ib.; he is taken prisoner, ib.; his English queen, ib.; he loses his three kingdoms, 186, 187, 188; his death, 188
Erik Plov-peng, King of Denmark, his quarrels with his brothers, who refuse to do him homage, 122, 123; he makes war against the pagans, 123; why he was called " 'Plov-peng," ib.; he is murdered, ib.; how his body was discovered, 124
Erik Præste-hader, King of Nor- way, his troubled reign, 172; death of his daughter Margrete, ib.
Erik Raudi discovers Greenland, 84; his son brings monks to Green- land, 85; he declines to return with his son, 86
Erik Sejrsol, King of the Svea, 82 Erik, son of Gustaf, is proclaimed
King of Sweden, 237; his woo- ings, 237-239; his violent tem- per, 238; he quarrels with his brother Johan, ib.; the Seven Years' War, 239, 245, 246; his cruelty to the Stures, 240; his fits of insanity, 240, 241; his submission to Karren Mannsdat- ter, 240; he marries her, 241; his deposition, ib.; his miseries and death by poison, 242; his love for his wife, 243; his sons, ib.
Erik, son of Magnus Ladu-laas, his quarrels with King Birger, 160; he is imprisoned and starved to death, 161, 162
Erik, son of Magnus Smek, rebels against his father, 164; his sudden death, ib.
Erik, son of Valdemar of Sweden, 159
Erik the Lamb, King of Denmark,
who spent his time with the
Erik the Saint, is chosen King of Sweden, 146; the three things he laid to heart, ib.; his laws in favour of women, ib. ; his crusade against the Finns, 147; he is
slain by the Danes, ib.; his re- mains honoured as relics, ib. Erik's course, or royal progress, 157 Erlandsen, Jacob, primate of Den- mark, 126; he is imprisoned by King Christopher, ib.; his re- lease, 129; a fine paid to him, ib. Eskil, Archbishop of Lund, 108 Esthonia, religious wars in, 114, 115, 123
Estrid, sister to Knud, 53; she marries Robert, Duke of Nor- mandy, 54
Estridsen race of kings, 89 Europe, ancient ideas of Northern, 1, 8
Ey-Gotaland, or Insular Goths' land, 19, 22, 59 Eyrbyggja Saga, 74
Falköping, battle of, 167
Farö Islands discovered by the Nor- wegians, 67
Femern, Island of, its inhabitants defeat King Erik, 184 Finland united to Sweden, 147; crusade in, 150; War of Clubs, 265
Floki Rafn, a Norwegian, discovers Iceland, 73
Fodevig, battle of, 101
Folkungar race of Swedish kings, 149, 156
Frälse and Ofrälse classes in Sweden, 159
France ravaged by the Northmen, 41, 42
Frederick Barbarossa, Emperor of Germany, and Knud VI., 109; he stirs up strife in Denmark, 110,
Frederick I., King of Denmark, his ambition when Prince, 203; his bad advice, 204; his war with the Ditmarshers, 206, 207; he is
chosen king, 220; defeats King Christian, 221; his conduct and reign, 221, 222; his death, and the feud which followed, 223 Frederick II., King of Denmark, his campaign against the Dit- marshers, 244, 245; his corona- tion, 245; the Seven Years' War, 245, 246; his intolerance, 247; the great men of his reign, 248; his death, 249; his daughter Anne, ib.
Freia, Finnish goddess, 11 Frey-Yngve, King of Sweden, 60; the last of the gods, 61 Frode, King of the Danes, his golden bracelets, 24; his vic- tories, 25
Galt, Admiral Peter, allows the Swedes to escape, 255
Gardar, a Swede, discovers Iceland, 73
Garderike. See Russia.
Geert, Count of Holstein, expels King Christopher II., 134; his influence in Denmark, ib.; he is slain by Niels Ebbesön, 135; his son avenges him, ib. Gerhard, Count of Holstein. See Count Geert.
Gerhard VI., Count of Holstein, his death, 181
Gods of the Scandinavians, II. See Odin and Thor.
Godwine, Earl, murders Ætheling Alfred, 56; gives a ship to Har- thaknud, ib.
Göran Persson, favourite of King Erik, tortured and put to death, 240, 241
Gorm the Old, first King of all Denmark, his birth and descent, 36; how he was brought up, 37; his kingdom of Lejre, ib. ; a chief
priest of Odin, 37, 38; how he extended his rule, 38; his rovings, 40, 41; he besieges Paris, 41, 42; Queen Thyra rules in his absence, 45; nicknamed the "Church's worm," 46; his war with, and defeat by, Henry the Fowler of Germany, ib.; he tolerates Chris- tianity, ib.; how he was told of his son's death, 47; he dies of grief, 48; his grave mound, ib.
Gospel first preached in the north, 32
Göta Hofrätt, Swedish court of law, 285
Göra-land, or land of the Goths, 63 Gotfred's Wall, 47
Goth's land, Chersonesus Cimbrica of the Romans, 19
Goths in Scandinavia, 10; their language, 13; their letters, 14 Gothus, Archbishop, his character, 258 Grand, Johan, Primate of Denmark, 132; he is arrested and im- prisoned, ib.; his escape to Rome, ib.
Greenland discovered by Erik Raudi,
84; settled by Norwegians and Icelanders, ib.; monks baptize all the people, 85; sad fate of the colony, ib.; Hans Egede labours and dies there, ib.; its Danish settlements, 86
Gudleif, an Icelander, is taken pri-
soner in Vinland, 87; he returns with gifts, 88
Guld-Harald, how he slew Harald Graafell, 48; his murder, 49 Gule-laws of Thorleif the Wise, 77
Gustaf, son of Erik, 243
Gustaf Eriksson, known as Vasa, King of Sweden, his birth, family, and early school life, 228; how he escaped the Danes, ib. ; the peasants ill-treat him, but after-
wards repent, 228, 229; the be- ginning of his army, 229; his first flag, ib.; he defeats the Danes, 230; fate of his mother and sisters, 230, 231; his letter to the Christian princes, 231; he is proclaimed king, ib.; his coro- nation, 232; state of Stockholm, ib.; his want of money, ib. ; he puts down the Romish Church and seizes its property, 232, 233, 235; he favours the Reformers, b.; his threat to leave Sweden, and its effect, 234; he establishes the power of the crown, 235; his restless activity, ib.; his family troubles, 237; he divides his kingdom, ib.; his death and burial-place, ib.
Gustaf II., Adolf, his birth, educa- tion, learning, and early practice of government, 272, 273; he is invested with sword and shield, 273; and the Calmar war, 273. 274; he is chosen king, 274: his war with Russia, 274, 275; peace, 275; his careful govern- ment of the kingdom, and the reforms he effected, 275, 276: his war with Poland, 276; his narrow escapes, ib.; he helps his Protestant allies in Germany, 277, 278, 279; he takes leave of the Diet, and confides his daughter to the Council, 278; the battle of Breitenfeld, 279; the battle of Lützen, 280, 281; his death, 282, 283; victory of the Swedes. 283; his body recovered, . ; and embalmed, 284; his heart enclosed in a casket and kept by his queen, ib.; monument, ib.; his appearance, ib.; his friends, 285
Gustaf Trolle, Archbishop, his treachery, 210, 215; he demands reparation for having lost his see, 216
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