Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

1426 - 1481  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Christian I   [1]
  Suffix	King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
  Birth	Feb 1426  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 1481	Copenhagen, Denmark   [2]
  Burial	Roskilde Cathedral, Zealand, Denmark   [2]
  Person ID	I22034	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Dietrich of Oldenburg   d. 14 Feb 1440, Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, Germany
  Mother	Heilwig of Holstein,   b. 1398   d. Bef 11 Nov 1436 (Age < 38 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1423  [2]
  Family ID	F13199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothea of Brandenburg,   b. 1430   d. 10 Nov 1495, Kalundborg, Denmark (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1449	Copenhagen, Denmark   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret of Denmark,   b. 23 Jun 1456   d. 14 Jul 1486, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F13198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Count of Oldenburg. Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. "[C]ourageous and ambitious but not politically successful, lost Sweden after the battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, made a royal progress through Germany and Italy to Rome in 1474, founded the University of Copenhagen in 1479." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)] The present queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, is a direct patrilineal descendant of Christian I: Christian I of Denmark, 1426–1481 Frederik I of Denmark, 1471–1533 Christian III of Denmark, 1503–1559 John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1545–1622 Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, 1573–1627 August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1612–1675 Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1653–1728 Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1696–1775 Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1727–1759 Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, 1757–1816 Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1785–1831 Christian IX of Denmark, 1818–1906 Frederik VIII of Denmark, 1843–1912 Christian X of Denmark, 1870–1947 Frederik IX of Denmark, 1899–1972 Margrethe II of Denmark, b. 1940

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011. [S1480] The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage by Charles M. Hansen and Neil D. Thompson. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton and Gunn, 2012.