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Christina of Denmark

Christina of Denmark
Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan.jpg
Duchess consort of Milan
Tenure 4 May 1534 – 24 October 1535
Duchess consort of Upper Lorraine
Tenure 14 June 1544 – 12 June 1545
Born November 1521
Nyborg, Denmark
Died 10 December 1590(1590-12-10) (aged 69)
Tortona, Alessandria, Duchy of Milan
Burial Cordeliers Convent, Nancy, Lorraine
Spouse Francis II, Duke of Milan
Francis I, Duke of Lorraine
Issue Charles III, Duke of Lorraine
Renata, Duchess of Bavaria
Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg
House Oldenburg
Father Christian II of Denmark
Mother Isabella of Austria
Religion Roman Catholicism
External video
Hans Holbein d. J. - Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan (detail) - WGA11572.jpg
Holbein's Christina of Denmark, Smarthistory
Humphrey Ocean on Holbein's 'Christina of Denmark', National Gallery (UK)

Christina of Denmark (Danish: Christine af Danmark; November 1521 – 10 December 1590) was a Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria. She became the duchess-consort of Milan, then duchess-consort of Lorraine. She served as the regent of Lorraine from 1545 to 1552 during the minority of her son. She was also a claimant to the thrones of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1561-1590. Finally, she was sovereign Lady of Tortona in 1578-1584.

Christina was born in Nyborg in central Denmark in 1521. On 20 January 1523, nobles forced her father to abdicate and offered the throne to his uncle, Duke Frederick of Holstein. Christina and her sister and brother followed their exiled parents to Veere in Zeeland, the Netherlands, and were raised by the Dutch regents, their grandaunt and aunt, Margaret of Austria and Mary of Hungary. Her mother died on 19 January 1526. In 1532, her father Christian II of Denmark was imprisoned in Denmark after an attempt to retake his throne. The same year, her brother died, and she became second in line to her father's claim to the Danish throne after her elder sister Dorothea.


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