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Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1481–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Jul 1481

Birth Location: Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway

Death Date: 25 Jan 1559

Death Location: Odense, Odense Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark

Father: John Sweden

Mother: Christina Saxony

Spouse(s): Isabella Sweden

Children(s): Christina Denmark, Hans Sweden, Dorothea Denemarken, Maximilian Oldenburg

In 1481, Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden entered the world in Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway, born to John Hans I Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Sweden And Christina Wettin Of Saxony. Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Isabella Habsburg Queen Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, and had children including Christina Oldenburg Princess Of Denmark, Dorothea Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Zweden Noorwegen En Denemarken, Hans John Von Oldenburg Crown Prince Of Denmark Norway Sweden, Maximilian Von Oldenburg. Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1559 in Odense, Odense Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark.

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  • In 1481, Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden entered the world in Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway, born to John Hans I Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Sweden And Christina Wettin Of Saxony.
  • Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Isabella Habsburg Queen Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, and had children including Christina Oldenburg Princess Of Denmark, Dorothea Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Zweden Noorwegen En Denemarken, Hans John Von Oldenburg Crown Prince Of Denmark Norway Sweden, Maximilian Von Oldenburg.
  • Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1559 in Odense, Odense Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Christian Sweden's Ancestors

Self
Christian Sweden
1481–1559
Birth Place: Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway
Parents
John Hans I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Sweden
1455–1513
Aalborg Castle, Aalborg, Denmark
Christina (Wettin of) Saxony
1461–1521
Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Christian (I Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Kalmar) Union
1426–1481
Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Dorothea ('True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden
1430–1495
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Ernst (von Wettin, Prince\Elector of) Saxony
1441–1486
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, (Holy Roman Empire) now (Germany)
Elisabeth (von Wittelsbach, Princess of) Bayern-München
1443–1486
München, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Dietrich Count
1380–1440
Hedwig Schleswig
1395–1436
Johann Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Princess Wittenburg
1405–1465
Friedrich of
1412–1464
Margarete Habsburg
1416–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Oldenburg
1340–1399
Gerhard King
1367–1404
Katherine Brunswick
1376–1420
Friedrich I
1372–1440
Elisabeth Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Prince Wittenburg
–1419
Princess Silesia-Liegnitz
1372–1436
Frederick Saxony
1370–1428
Katharina Saxony
1395–1442
Ernest Carniola
1377–1427
Cymburgis Austria
1391–1429

Christian Sweden's Descendants

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Christian (II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (2 Jul 1481–25 Jan 1559) m. Isabella (Habsburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (18 Lug 1501–19 Gen 1526)
  1. 1. Christina (Oldenburg, Princess of) Denmark 1521–1590 m. Francis (I de Lorraine (Lotharingen) 2nd Duke of) Guise 1517–1545 m. Francesco (II Sforza, Last Duke of) Milan 1492–1535
    1. 1. Charles (III 'The Great' Lotharingen Duke of) Lorraine 1543–1608 m. Princess (Claude of) France 1547–1575
      1. 1. Francis (II, Duke of) Lorraine 1572–1632 m. Christine (Katharine Grafin Von Salm, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1575–1627
        1. 1. Nicholas (Francis II, Duke of) Lorraine 1612–1670 m. Claude (Françoise of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1612–1648
        2. 2. Charles (IV, Duke of) Lorraine 1604–1675
        3. 3. Henry (of Lorraine, Marquis of) Hattonchatel 1602–1611
        4. 4. Henriette (of) Lorraine 1605–1660
        5. 5. Marguerite (of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Orléans 1615–1672
      2. 2. Christina (of) Lorraine 1565–1637
      3. 3. Henry (I 'the Good'' Duke of) Lorraine 1563–1624 m. Margherita (van Mantua Gonzaga, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1591–1632 m. Catherine (Bourbon, Princess of) Lorraine 1558–1604
        1. 1. Nicole (of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1608–1657
        2. 2. Claude (Françoise of Lorraine, Duchess consort of) Lorraine 1612–1648
    2. 2. Dorothea (von) Lothringen 1545–1621
    3. 3. Renata (Duchess of) Lorraine 1544–1602
  2. 2. Hans ((John) von Oldenburg, Crown Prince of Denmark, Norway &) Sweden 1518–1532
  3. 3. Dorothea (van Oldenburg, Prinses van Zweden, Noorwegen en) Denemarken 1520–1580
  4. 4. Maximilian (von) Oldenburg 1519–1519

Christian Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1481
2 Jul 1481
Birth of Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway
Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway
1559
25 Jan 1559
Age 78
Death of Christian II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Kallundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark
Kallundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Jul 1481
    Event Place: Nyborg Castle, Nyborg, Svendborg, Norway
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Jan 1559
    Event Place: Kallundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Odense, Odense Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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