Count's Feud

Count's Feud
	Part of European wars of religion; and the Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein; Part of the larger The Reformation; Part of the Danish-Hanseatic Rivalry
	; Siege of Copenhagen 1535–6. 1879 wood engraving.
Date	May 1534 – 29 July 1536
Location	Denmark
Result	Protestant Victory Christian III becomes king of Denmark; Completion of The Danish reformation; Rise of Royal absolutism in Denmark-Norway;
Territorial; changes	Religious unification in Denmark; Invasion of Norway and formation of Denmark-Norway; All Catholic military Strongholes in Denmark conquered;
Belligerents
Christian II ; (Catholics) ; Danish Realm: Scania; Malmö; Copenhagen; Zealand ; Foreign interventions: County of Oldenburg; Free City of Lübeck ; supported by: Norwegian nobles; Habsburg Netherlands	Christian III (Protestants) ; Danish Realm: Schleswig; Holstein; Jutland; Funen; Foreign interventions Sweden; Prussia; supported by: Norwegian nobles; Duchy of Guelders
Commanders and leaders
Christian II ; Skipper Clement † ; Jørgen Kock ; Christopher of Oldenburg	Christian III ; Niels Brock ; Johan Rantzau; Holger Rosenkrantz ; Peder Skram ; Gustav I Vasa ; Lars Sparre ; Måns Some ; Johan Pein

The Count's Feud (Danish: Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a war of succession that raged in Denmark in 1534–36 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. In the international context, it was part of the European wars of religion. The Count's Feud takes its name from the Protestant Count Christopher of Oldenburg, who supported the Catholic King Christian II, deposed in 1523, over the election of Christian III, a staunch Protestant who had already implemented Lutheranism as the state religion in Schleswig and Holstein in 1528.

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