sentences:  Christian III, who was Duke Wolfgang's great-grandson, despite his good relations with the French royal house, remained a loyal evangelical Christian (that is to say, Protestant).Indeed, denominational questions delayed recognition of his succession by three years, until 1734, whereafter he ruled for only one more year, dying in 1735.Since his son, Duke Christian IV was only 13 years old at the time when his father died, his mother Karoline took over the regency for him and ran the Duchy with great prudence and drive.