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When did Christian II attempt to reclaim the thrones?

  • 1531

  • 1525

  • 1540

  • 1550

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Christian II attempted to reclaim the thrones in 1531. He had been deposed as King of Denmark and Norway in 1523 and as King of Sweden in 1521. He launched an invasion of Norway in 1531 but was defeated by the Norwegian army. He then fled to the Netherlands, where he remained in exile until his death in 1559.
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