Christian VI of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway · Historical Figures · Lived 1699 to 1746 · aged 46
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Something wrong?A Danish king who chose piety and schools over war - rare for his era. Christian VI imposed compulsory confirmation and built the country's first nationwide public school system while keeping the realm out of every conflict that crossed his threshold.
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Christian was born 30 November 1699, eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He took the throne in 1730 and ran Denmark-Norway with an authoritarian hand, the first Oldenburg king to avoid war entirely. In 1736 he made confirmation mandatory; three years later he established a public school system that reached across the kingdom. He ruled under the motto "Deo et populo" - for God and the people - and died 6 August 1746, leaving behind a reign remembered less for drama than for the structures he built.
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