Christian I of Denmark
Christian I of Denmark (1426-1481) was king of Denmark (1448-1481), king regent of the Kalmar Union in Norway (1450-1481) and king regent in Sweden (1457-1464). In Sweden his short tenure as regent was preceded by viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by viceroy Kettil Karlsson Vasa.
He was born in February 1426 in Oldenbourg. His father was Count Dietrich of Oldenbourg (died 1444). His mother was his father's second wife, Hedwig of Schleswig and Holstein (died 1436). Christian had two brothers, Count Moritz V of Delmenhorst (1428 - 1464) and Count Gerhard VI of Oldenbourg and Delmenhorst (1430 - 1500), and one sister Adelheid.
Christian married Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430 - November 25 1495), the widow of King Christopher of Bavaria and thus dowager queen, on October 28 1449 in Copenhagen. Dorothea and Christian had three children (two first-born sons Olaf (1450 - 1) and Knut (1451 - 5) died young): John (Hans) (1455 - 1513), Frederik (died 1533) and Margarete (born 1456), later Queen of Scotland. He died on May 21, 1481 in Copenhagen, at the age of 55.
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