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

Birth Date: FEB 1426

Birth Location: Oldenburg

Death Date: 21 MAY 1481

Death Location: Copenhagen Castle, Denmark

Father: Dietrich, Oldenburg

Mother: Helvig Oldenburg

Spouse(s): Dorothea Brandenburg

Children(s): Margaret Scotland, Frederick Norway, John, Sweden

The story of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden / began in 1426 in Oldenburg. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Dorothea Of Brandenburg, and had children including Frederick I King Of Denmark And Norway, John King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, Margaret Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland. Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden / passed away in 1481 in Copenhagen Castle, Denmark.

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Biography

  • The story of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden // began in 1426 in Oldenburg.
  • Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden // married Dorothea Of Brandenburg, and had children including Frederick I King Of Denmark And Norway, John King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, Margaret Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland.
  • Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden // passed away in 1481 in Copenhagen Castle, Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

Dietrich, Oldenburg
1398–1440
Birth Location: –
DO
Helvig Oldenburg
1398–1436
Birth Location: –
HO

Spouses(s)

Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Birth Location: Brandenburg, Germany
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Children(s)

Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
Birth Location: Denmark
MS
Frederick Norway
1471–1533
Birth Location: Haderslevhus
FN
John, Sweden
1455–1513
Birth Location: Aalborg Castle
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Christian Sweden's Ancestors

Self
Christian Sweden
1426–1481
Birth Place: Oldenburg
Parents
Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg
1398–1440
Helvig (of Schauenburg, Countess of) Oldenburg
1398–1436
Grandparents
Christian (V, Count of) Oldenburg
1342–1399
Gerhard (VI, Count of) Holstein-Rendsburg
1367–1404
Catherine (Elisabeth of) Brunswick-Lüneburg
1385–1423
Great-Grandparents
Conrad Oldenburg
–1367
Henry Holstein-Rendsburg
1317–1384
Ingeborg Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1343–1395
Magnus Brunswick-Lüneburg
1324–1373
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Oldenburg
–1314
Albert Mecklenburg
1318–1379
Euphemia Sweden
1317–1370
Magnus Brunswick-Lüneburg
1304–1369

Christian Sweden's Descendants

1.
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Christian (I, King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (FEB 1426–21 MAY 1481) m. Dorothea (of) Brandenburg (abt. 1430–10 NOV 1495)
  1. 1. Margaret (of Denmark, Queen of) Scotland 1456–1486 m. James (III of) Scotland 1451–1488
    1. 1. James (IV, King of Scotland) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Margaret, (Queen of Scots) Tudor 1489–1541 m. Margaret ((mistress)) Drummond 1475–1501 m. Marion (Boyd) (mistress) –1559 m. Janet Kennedy –1543
      1. 1. James (V, King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Guise, Queen of) Scotland 1515–1560 m. Elizabeth Stewart –1564 m. Euphemia Elphinstone 1509–1542 m. Elizabeth Carmichael 1514–1550 m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine –1572
        1. 1. Mary,Queen (of) Scots 1542–1587 m. Francis (II, King of) France 1544–1560 m. Henry, (Lord Darnley) Stuart 1545–1567 m. James, (4th Earl of Bothwell) Hepburn 1534–1578
        2. 2. Adam Stewart –1575
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart –1587 m. Archibald, (5th Earl of Argyll) Campbell –1573
        4. 4. James, (Commendator of Kelso and Melrose) Stewart 1529–1557
        5. 5. Robert, (1st Earl of Orkney) Stewart 1533–1593 m. Lady (Janet) Kennedy –1598
        6. 6. John, (1st Lord Darnley) Stewart 1531–1563 m. Lady (Jean) Hepburn –1599
        7. 7. James, (1st Earl of Moray) Stewart 1531–1570 m. Lady (Anne Keith Countess of) Moray 1540–1588
      2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1497–1517 m. Sir (John, 2nd of Innerpeffray) Drummond 1489–1531 m. John, (Lord Gordon) Gordon –1517 m. Alexander Stewart 1477–1537
        1. 1. Margaret Stewart –1539 m. David, (2nd Lord Drummond) Drummond –1571
        2. 2. Isabell Drummond 1531–1568
        3. 3. George, (4th Earl of Huntly) Gordon 1514–1562
        4. 4. Agnes Drummond 1531–1589 m. Hugh, (3rd Earl of Eglinton) Montgomerie 1531–1585
      3. 3. Catherine Stewart 1495–1554 m. James, (3rd Earl of Morton) Douglas –1548
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1510–1579 m. James, (2nd Earl of Arran, Duke of Châtellerault) Hamilton 1519–1575
        2. 2. Lady (Beatrix) Douglas –1554 m. Robert, (5th Lord Maxwell) Maxwell 1510–1552
      4. 4. James, (1st Earl of Moray) Stewart 1501–1544 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Campbell –1544
      5. 5. Janet Stewart –1560 m. Malcolm, (3rd Lord Fleming) Fleming 1494–1547
        1. 1. James (Fleming 4th Lord) Fleming –1558
        2. 2. Margaret Fleming –1584 m. John, (4th Earl of Atholl) Stewart 1533–1579 m. Robert (Graham Lord) Graham –1547
    2. 2. James, (Duke of Ross) Stewart 1476–1504
  2. 2. Frederick (I, King of Denmark and) Norway 1471–1533 m. Anna (of) Brandenburg 1487–1514 m. Sophie (of Pomerania, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1498–1568
    1. 1. Elizabeth (of Denmark Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1524–1586 m. Ulrich (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603
      1. 1. Sophie (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631 m. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588
        1. 1. Anne (of Denmark Queen Consort of Scots, England and) Ireland 1574–1619 m. James (I of England (James VI of) Scotland) 1566–1625
        2. 2. Christian (IV, King of Denmark and) Norway 1577–1648 m. Anne (Catherine of Brandenburg, Queen consort of) Denmark 1575–1612
    2. 2. Christian (III, King of Denmark, King of) Norway 1503–1559 m. Dorothea (of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1511–1571
      1. 1. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588 m. Sophie (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631
      2. 2. John (II, Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1545–1622
        1. 1. Alexander, (Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1573–1627
      3. 3. Dorothea (of Denmark Duchess of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1546–1617 m. William (the Younger, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1535–1592
        1. 1. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1570–1649 m. Charles (I Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1560–1600
        2. 2. George, (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641 m. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659
    3. 3. Adolf, (Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1526–1586 m. Christine (of) Hesse 1543–1604
      1. 1. Anna (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1610 m. Enno (III, Count of East) Frisia 1563–1625
        1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Ostfriesland 1601–1634 m. Adolf (Frederick I, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1588–1658
      2. 2. Christina (of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of) Sweden 1573–1625
      3. 3. John (Adolf, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1616 m. Augusta (of Denmark, Duchess of) Holstein-Gottorp 1580–1639
        1. 1. Frederick (III, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1597–1659 m. Duchess (Marie Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684
  3. 3. John, (King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden 1455–1513 m. Christina (of) Saxony 1461–1521
    1. 1. Elizabeth (of Denmark Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555 m. Joachim (I Nestor Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535
      1. 1. Anna (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1507–1567 m. Albrecht (VII, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1486–1547
        1. 1. Ulrich (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603 m. Elizabeth (of Denmark Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1524–1586
      2. 2. Margaret (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Pomerania 1511–1577 m. John (V, Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1504–1551
        1. 1. Joachim (Ernest, Prince of) Anhalt 1536–1586 m. Eleonore (of) Württemberg 1552–1618
      3. 3. Joachim (II Hector Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571 m. Magdalena (of Saxony Electoral Princess of) Brandeburg 1507–1534 m. Hedwig (Jagiellon Electress of) Brandenburg 1513–1573
        1. 1. John (George, Elector of) Brandenburg 1525–1598 m. Sabina (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Sophie (of) Legnica 1525–1546 m. Elisabeth (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607

Christian Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1426
FEB 1426
Birth of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden // in Oldenburg
Oldenburg
1481
21 MAY 1481
Age 55
Death of Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden // in Copenhagen Castle, Denmark
Copenhagen Castle, Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: FEB 1426
    Event Place: Oldenburg

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 MAY 1481
    Event Place: Copenhagen Castle, Denmark
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