Frederick I
During the reign of Frederick I, Nyborg was designated as the permanent royal residence in Denmark in 1525.
Frederick I, 1471-1533
Frederick I was King of Denmark and Norway from 1523. He ascended to the throne after the Council of the Realm deposed his nephew, Christian II. When Frederick I assumed power, the kingdom was fraught with tensions. He had to navigate the religious schism between Catholicism and the new Lutheran doctrine (Protestantism), while simultaneously contending with the Council's constant struggle to maintain its power and influence over the growing bourgeoisie. The Council's sense of its power being threatened was perhaps most clearly expressed in the extraordinarily strict charter that Frederick I was forced to sign upon his accession. This strict charter was the nobility's precondition for acknowledging him as king. It severely limited Frederick I's freedom of action, earning him the nickname "the nobility's prisoner."