General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . he armyoverawed the nobles to a concurrence in the in-considerate project. All the rights and privi-leges of the states were solemnly surrendered,and the king and royal family received the ho-mage of the different orders in a public theatreerected for the purpose. The revolution wasentirely bloodless ; and whatever stain may at-tach to the Danish nation for this dereliction oftheir liberties, few political moralists w
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . he armyoverawed the nobles to a concurrence in the in-considerate project. All the rights and privi-leges of the states were solemnly surrendered,and the king and royal family received the ho-mage of the different orders in a public theatreerected for the purpose. The revolution wasentirely bloodless ; and whatever stain may at-tach to the Danish nation for this dereliction oftheir liberties, few political moralists will befound to blame the king for accepting the powerso unconditionally offered him. It should beadded, that he never abused their gift. Theremainder of his reign was spent in formingpolitical alliances, and restoring prosperity tohis country by the arts of peace. The intimateconnection between Holstein and Sweden, wasthe principal cause of his disquiet; and he w-aspreparing to support his cause by arms, whenhe was carried off by a chronical disorder in1670. By his queen, the daughter of Georgeduke of Brunswick-Lunenburg, he left a nu-merous posterity. Univers. Hist.— F R E ( 225 > FRE FREDERIC IV., king of Denmark, eldestsou of Christiern V., was born in 1671. Hesucceeded his father in 1699, and immediatelymade an attack upon the dominions of the dukeof HoL>tein, expecting that he would derivelittle support from his brother-in-law, the youngCharles XII. of Sweden. Frederic in personlaid siege to Tonningen, while his general over-ran the rest of the duchy; but he was soon re-called to defend Copenhagen from the attack ofCharles, who began his wonderful career by aspirited invasion of Zealand, Irederic foundit expedient to sue for peace, which he obtainedby repairing all the wrongs he had done to theduke of Holstein, and yielding him die full so-vereignty of his dominions. When fortunehad begun to declare against the Swedish king,and he was detained as a fugitive in T
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