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    The Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo (Oslo Bispeborg) was the residence of the Roman Catholic bishops of Oslo. The estate is located in what is now called Gamlebyen...
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    He was Oslo's patron saint. King Håkon IV Håkonsson built a new royal residence in stone and brick. The bishop replaced a former bishop's palace with a...
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  • Spain Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo, Norway Bishop's Palace, Galveston, Texas, United States Archbishop's Palace (disambiguation) Episcopal Palace (disambiguation)...
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    Bergenhus Fortress (category Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century)
    royal residence in Bergen, as well as a cathedral, several churches, the bishop's residence, and a Dominican monastery. Excavations have revealed foundations...
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    built by King Sigurd I of Norway in the first half of the 12th century, and was located by the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo, some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)...
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    Siege of Fredriksten (category Castles in Norway)
    Army had been weakened in early 1716 by withdrawal of 5000 of the best troops to Denmark. When rumors reached Christiania (now Oslo) that Charles XII was...
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    V gradually started to use the castle as a residential palace, favoring the keep over the Oslo Kongsgard Estate despite the fact that the castle likely...
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    been seen in Middelalderparken in the Old Town of Oslo. The oldest parts of the estate that have been excavated are barricade walls built in a classic...
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    1589 (redirect from Events in 1589)
    with the 14-year-old Anne of Denmark at Kronborg. The formal ceremony takes place on November 23 at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo. September 21 – Battle...
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    Fredriksten (category Buildings and structures in Halden)
    supply chain and his retreat if seriously weakened in combat. Charles took Christiania (now Oslo), but without heavy siege artillery, was unable to take...
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    Oslo Ladegård is a manor house situated at Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway. It was built of the site of the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo. The current building...
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  • Denmark in Oslo. Anne and James were formally married at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo on 23 November 1589, "with all the splendour possible at that...
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    Tønsberg Fortress (category Buildings and structures in Vestfold)
    1201 - Sverre Sigurdsson, king of Norway from 1177–1202, was attacked in Oslo by combined forces from the Oppland, Viken, Telemark and Tunsberg. Although...
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    and palaces in Norway. The Norwegian word slott means castle, palass means palace, and fort or festning means fortress. To see list of fortresses in Norway...
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    also some Catholic bishops' palaces: Bishop's Palace, Ballina, County Mayo, home of the Catholic Bishop of Killala. Bishop's Palace, Cork, on Redemption...
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    Sverresborg (category Castles in Norway)
    (1995) Sverresoga (Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget) ISBN 82-521-4474-8 Krag, Claus (2005) Sverre – Norges største middelalderkonge (Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co)...
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    Anne of Denmark (category Danish expatriates in England)
    protests, gave her a kiss, in the Scottish fashion. Anne and James were formally married in hall of the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo, then the house of Christen...
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    Sverresborg (Bergen) (category Castles in Norway)
    Library in Bergen. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Sverresborg (Bergen Hash House Harriers) Krag, Claus Sverre – Norges største middelalderkonge (Oslo: H. Aschehoug...
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    Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate (category Palaces in Norway)
    Norwegian Kongsgård estates built in stone—the other estates being located in Tønsberg, Trondheim, Bergen and Oslo. "Avaldsnes". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved...
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    The Archbishop's Palace in Trondheim (Norwegian: Erkebispegården i Trondheim) is a castle and palace in the city of Trondheim, located just south of the...
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    then had an audience with James VI at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo and he granted a pardon. James' mother-in-law Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow wrote...
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    Steinvikholm Castle (category Episcopal palaces)
    Olav Engelbrektsson Opera Trøndelag Hoem, Edvard (2006) Kom fram, fryste! (Oslo: Aschehoug Agency Publishers) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steinvikholm...
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    with the 14-year-old Anne of Denmark at Kronborg. The formal ceremony takes place on November 23 at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo. September 21 – Battle...
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    Anne of Denmark and contrary winds (category Witchcraft in Scotland)
    at Tønsberg, he met his queen at Oslo, and married her at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo on 23 November 1589, the residence of the Mayor, Christen Mule...
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    Audunborg (category Castles in Norway)
    near the village of Ålhus on the shores of the Jølstravatn in the municipality of Jølster in Vestland county, Norway. The site was located about 8 kilometres...
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    Egeberg Castle (category Buildings and structures in Oslo)
    Castle (Norwegian: Egebergslottet) a building in St. Hanshaugen in Oslo, Norway. Egeberg was once Oslo's biggest private residence at 1600 square metres...
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  • November – James VI and Anne of Denmark marry formally at the Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo Golf is played on Glasgow Green 9 December – John Fleming, 2nd...
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    baptised by Bishop Ole Christian Kvarme at the chapel of the Royal Palace in Oslo on 4 March 2006. Beginning 18 August 2011, Sverre Magnus attended Jansløkka...
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    Harald V (category People educated at Oslo Cathedral School)
    grandfather King Haakon VII and was baptised in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace in Oslo on 31 March 1937 by Bishop Johan Lunde. His godparents were: his...
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    Haakon VII (category World War II governments in exile based in London)
    took a more active role in state affairs. Haakon died at the Royal Palace in Oslo on 21 September 1957. He was 85 years old. At his death, Olav succeeded...
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