Editing Christian III of Denmark (section)

=== Final years ===
[[File:Roskilde kathedraal.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Gothic pantheon at tombs of Christian III and Frederick II]]
[[File:Pano Ahnentafel Nyborg Castle.jpg|thumb|300 px|Ahnentafel of King Christian III at Nyborg Castle]]
The foreign policy of Christian's later days aimed at preserving the peace established by the [[Treaty of Speyer (1544)]]. He refused to participate in the [[Schmalkaldic League|Schmalkaldic War]] of 1546, and mediated between the Emperor and [[Saxony]] after the fall of [[Maurice of Saxony]] at the [[Battle of Sievershausen]] in 1553.{{sfn|Bain|1911}} In 1549, he began the building of [[Landskrona Citadel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landskronahistoria.se/kuriosa/landskrona_citadell_och_krigshistoria/landskrona_citadell_och_krigshistoria_12.html |title=Landskrona citadell |publisher=landskronahistoria.se |access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref> He also rebuilt [[Sønderborg Castle]], converting it from a fortress into a four-winged castle in the new [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance syle]], between 1549 and 1557.<ref>Otto Norn, Jørgen Paulsen and Jørgen Slettebo, ''Sønderborg Slot. Historie og bygning'', G.E.C. Gad forlag, 1963.</ref> In February 1555, he interceded successfully on the behalf of the English Bible translator and Bishop of Exeter, [[Miles Coverdale]] (1488–1569), who had been imprisoned for two and a half years by the Catholic [[Mary I of England|Mary I]].  Coverdale was then released and allowed to leave England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mcoverdale.html |title=Miles Coverdale (1488–1569) |publisher=Nash Ford Publishing |access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

Christian III died on New Year's Day 1559 at [[Koldinghus]], and was interred in [[Roskilde Cathedral]] in a funerary monument designed by Flemish sculptor [[Cornelis Floris de Vriendt]] (1514–1575).<ref>[http://www.danskekonger.dk/eng/biografi/ChrIII.html ''Christian 3. King of Denmark · Norway 1534–59'' (Danish Kings and Their History)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729135116/http://www.danskekonger.dk/eng/biografi/ChrIII.html |date=2010-07-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095824654 |title=Cornelis Floris(1514–1575) |website=Oxford Reference|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>