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Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1426–1481 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Feb 1426

Birth Location: Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Death Date: 31 May 1481

Death Location: Københavns Slot, København, Denmark

Father: Count OLDENBURG

Mother: Heilwig Holstein-Rendsburg

Spouse(s): Dorothea Brandenburg

Children(s): Margaret Scotland

The story of Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden began in 1426 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Dorothea Von Hohenzollern Of Brandenburg, and had children including Margaret Margarete Oldenburg Queen Of Scotland. Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1481 in Københavns Slot, København, Denmark.

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  • The story of Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden began in 1426 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
  • Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Dorothea Von Hohenzollern Of Brandenburg, and had children including Margaret Margarete Oldenburg Queen Of Scotland.
  • Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1481 in Københavns Slot, København, Denmark.

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Children(s)

Christian Sweden's Ancestors

Self
Christian Sweden
1426–1481
Birth Place: Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Parents
Count Dietrich The Lucky of OLDENBURG
1390–1440
Oldenburg, Saxony, Germany
Heilwig (von) Holstein-Rendsburg
1395–1436
Schleswig, Schleswig, Denmark
Grandparents
Gerhard (VI von) Holstein-Rendsburg
1367–1404
Catherine (Elisabeth of) Brunswick-Lüneburg
1367–1423
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christian Sweden's Descendants

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Christian (I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (1 Feb 1426–31 May 1481) m. Dorothea (von Hohenzollern of) Brandenburg (25 Nov 1430–10 Nov 1495)
  1. 1. Margaret (Margarete OLDENBURG Queen of) Scotland 1456–1486 m. James (III STEWART King of) Scotland 1451–1488
    1. 1. James (IV STEWART King of) Scots 1473–1513 m. Agnes (Isabel STEWART Countess of) Bothwell 1480–1557 m. Margaret TUDOR 1489–1541 m. (mistress) (Margaret) DRUMMOND 1475–1501 m. (mistress) (Janet) KENNEDY 1475–1543 m. Marion (Mary Margaret Margot BOYD of Bonshaw (courtesan to James Hamilton and James IV, King of) Scots) 1477–1559
      1. 1. (mistress) (Lady Janet) Stewart 1502–1562 m. Malcom (FLEMING 3rd Earl of) Fleming 1494–1547 m. Henry (II of) France 1519–1559
        1. 1. Henri (d'Angoulême) (legitimised) 1551–1586
        2. 2. John FLEMING 1537–1572 m. Elizabeth (ROSS Baroness) Fleming 1541–1578
      2. 2. Margaret (Jane) STEWART 1497–1578 m. John (DRUMMOND 2nd Laird of) Innerpeffray 1489– m. John ('Master of Huntly') GORDON 1477–1517
        1. 1. Margaret (Agnes DRUMMOND of) Innerpeffry 1528–1590 m. Robert (ELPHINSTONE 3rd Baron) Stirlingshire 1530–1602
      3. 3. Alexander (STEWART, Archbishop of St.) Andrews 1493–1513
      4. 4. Catherine STEWART 1495–1554 m. James (DOUGLAS 3rd Earl of) Morton 1491–1548
        1. 1. Margaret DOUGLAS 1510–1579
      5. 5. James (STEWART, Earl of) Moray 1499–1544 m. Marion (Stewart) 1502–1544
        1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart –1547
        2. 2. James Stewart 1526–1625
      6. 6. James (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1507–1508
      7. 7. daughter STEWART 1508–1508
      8. 8. Arthur (STEWART, Duke of) Rothesay 1509–1510
      9. 9. James (V STEWART, King of) Scots 1512–1542 m. Mary (Marie de) GUISE 1515–1560 m. Margaret (ERSKINE (Douglas) (mistress to James V, King of) Scots) 1515–1572
        1. 1. Mary (STEWART Queen of Scots Queen of) France 1542–1587 m. Francois (II Dauphin of) France 1544–1560 m. Henry (STEWART, Lord) Darnley 1545–1567 m. James (HEPBURN, Duke of Orkney 4th Earl of) Bothwell 1536–1578
        2. 2. James (STEWART, Earl of) Moray 1531–1570
        3. 3. Robert (STEWART, Prior of) Whithorn –1581
      10. 10. daughter STEWART 1512–1512
      11. 11. Alexander (STEWART, Duke of) Ross 1514–1515

Christian Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1426
1 Feb 1426
Birth of Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
1481
31 May 1481
Age 55
Death of Christian I OLDENBURG King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Københavns Slot, København, Denmark
Københavns Slot, København, Denmark

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Feb 1426
    Event Place: Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 May 1481
    Event Place: Københavns Slot, København, Denmark

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