JOHAN See also:

• JOHAN FRIIS (1494-1570)

FRIIS (1494-1570)  , Danish statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1494, and was educated at See also:

• ODENSE

Odense and at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, completing his studies abroad . Few among the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Danish See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility occupy so prominent a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in Danish See also:

• HISTORY

history as Johan See also:

• FRIIS, JOHAN (1494-1570)

Friis, who exercised a decisive See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• REALM

realm during the reign of three See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . He was one of the first of the magnates to adhere to the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation and its See also:

• PROMOTER

promoter See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I . (1523-1533), his See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

apostasy being so richly rewarded out of the spoils of the plundered See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church that his heirs had to restore See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the value of 1,000,000 kroner . Friis succeeded Claus Gjoodsen as imperial See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor in 1532, and held that dignity till his See also:

• DEATH

death . During the ensuing See also:

• INTERREGNUM (Lat. inter, between, and regnum, reign)

interregnum he powerfully contributed, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the nobles of Funen and See also:

• JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland, to the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian III . (1533-1559), but in the course of the " See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count's See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War " he was taken prisoner by Count See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher, the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate for the See also:

• THRONE

throne, and forced to do him See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage . Subsequently by judicious See also:

• BRIBERY (from the O. Fr. briberie, begging or vagrancy, bribe, Mid. Lat. briba, signifying a piece of bread given to beggars; the Eng. " bribe " has passed through the meanings of alms, blackmail and extortion, to gifts received or given in order to influ

bribery he contrived to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and from thence rejoined Christian III . He was one of the plenipotentiaries who concluded See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck at the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, and subsequently took an active See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• NATIONAL

national reconstruction necessitated by the Reformation, acting as mediator between the Danish and the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German parties who were contesting for 2 Hence another of the names—" See also:

• HURRICANE

hurricane-See also:

• BIRD

bird "—by which this See also:

• SPECIES

species is occasionally known . ' See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor, however, found their nests as well on See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low bushes of the same See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• FONSECA, AMAPALA
• FONSECA, MANOEL DEODORO DA (1827-1892)

Fonseca (See also:

• IBIS

Ibis, 1859, pp . 150-152) . supremacy during the earlier years of Christian III .

This he was able to do, as a moderate Lutheran, whose calmness and See also:

• COMMON

common sense contrasted advantageously with the unbridled violence of his contemporaries . As the first chancellor of the reconstructed university of Copenhagen, Friis took the keenest See also:

• INTEREST

interest in spiritual and scientific matters, and was the first donor of a See also:

• LEGACY (Lat. legatum)

legacy to the institution . He also enjoyed the society of learned men, especially of " those who could talk with him concerning ancient monuments and their history." He encouraged Hans Svaning to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete Saxo's history of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, and Anders Vedel to translate Saxo into Danish . His generosity to poor students was well known; but he could afford to be liberal, as his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of spoliated Church property had made him one of the wealthiest men in Denmark . Under King Frederick II . (1559—1588), who understood but little of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state affairs, Friis was well-nigh omnipotent . He was largely responsible for the Scandinavian Seven Years' War (1562—70), which did so much to exacerbate the relations between Denmark and See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden . Friis died on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1570, a few days before the peace of See also:

• STETTIN

Stettin, which put an end to the exhausting and unnecessary struggle .