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King Claudius
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King Claudius
King Claudius
is a
fictional character
and the primary
antagonist
of
William Shakespeare
's
tragedy
Hamlet
. He is the brother to
King Hamlet
, second husband to
Gertrude
and uncle to
Hamlet
. He obtained the throne of
Denmark
by murdering his own brother with poison and then marrying the late king's widow. He is loosely based on the
Jutish
chieftain
Feng
who appears in
Chronicon Lethrense
and in
Saxo Grammaticus
'
Gesta Danorum
. There had never been an actual Danish King of that name.
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