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Christian I of Denmark and Norway

Christian I
Christian I of Denmark, Norway & Sweden 1440s.jpg
Portrait at Frederiksborg Castle, 15th century
King of Denmark (more...)
Reign 1 September 1448 – 21 May 1481
Coronation 28 October 1449
Copenhagen Cathedral
Predecessor Christopher III
Successor John
King of Norway (more...)
Reign 13 May 1450 – 21 May 1481
Coronation 2 August 1450, Trondheim
Predecessor Charles I
Successor John
King of Sweden (more...)
Reign 23 June 1457 – 23 June 1464
Coronation 29 June 1457, Uppsala
Predecessor Charles VIII
Successor Charles VIII
Born February 1426 (1426-02)
Oldenburg
Died 21 May 1481(1481-05-21) (aged 55)
Copenhagen Castle
Burial Roskilde Cathedral
Consort Dorothea of Brandenburg
Issue
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John, King of Denmark
Margaret, Queen of Scots
Frederick I, King of Denmark
House Oldenburg
Father Dietrich of Oldenburg
Mother Helvig of Schauenburg
Religion Roman Catholicism

Christian I (February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was King of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). From 1460 to 1481, he was also Duke of Schleswig (within Denmark) and Count (after 1474, Duke) of Holstein (within the Holy Roman Empire). He was the first Danish monarch of the House of Oldenburg.

He was a son of Count Dietrich of Oldenburg, a descendant of King Eric IV of Denmark, and Hedwig of Holstein, a descendant of King Eric V of Denmark and Abel of Denmark. In the power vacuum that arose following the childless death of King Christopher of Denmark, Sweden and Norway in 1448, Sweden elected Charles VIII king with the intent to reestablish the union under a Swedish king. Charles was elected king of Norway in the following year, but the counts of Holstein were more influential than the Swedes and the Norwegians together, and made the Danish Privy Council appoint Christian as king. His subsequent accessions to the thrones of Norway (in 1450) and Sweden (in 1457), restored the unity of the Kalmar Union for a short period. In 1460, following the childless death of his uncle, Duke Adolphus of Schleswig, Count of Holstein, Christian also became Duke of Schleswig and Count of Holstein.


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