On 17 August 1596 , at the age of 19 , Christian signed his haandfæstning ( a Danish parallel to the Magna Carta , which was an identical copy of his father 's from 1559.Twelve days later , on 29 August 1596 , Christian IV was crowned at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen by the Bishop of Zealand , Peder Jensen Vinstrup ( 1549-1614 ) .
The haandfæstning was a Danish parallel to the Magna Carta .