Christian II (Kristiern) b. July 1, 1481 d. January 25, 1559 Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Monarch. He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway 1513-1523 and of Sweden 1520-1523. His parents were King John "Hans" and Queen Christina, a Saxon Princess of the Wettin Dynasty. On August 12, 1515 he married Elizabeth (Isabella), a Princess of Spain and a Habsburg. She was the daughter of Philip I of Castille and Queen Joan the Mad, and a sister of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, King of Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. The couple had six children, among whom...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen) Saint Knud's Church, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark
Christina (Kristina of Saxony) b. December 24, 1461 d. December 8, 1521 Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Originally a Wettin Dynasty (in Britain called Windsor) princess and born in Meissen (Germany), she had an interesting and dutiful descent as the oldest child of Duke Ernest, the one of Frederic II the Gentle's sons who founded the Ernestine line of Electors of Saxony. Her mother was originally a Wittelsbach, Elizabeth of Bavaria. Christina's grandfather died in 1464 and Ernest became Elector. In 1478 he had his daughter married to Scandinavia's Crown Prince...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz) Saint Knud's Church, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark Plot: Chapel of King Hans
Elizabeth (Isabella Elisabet of Spain) b. July 18, 1501 d. January 19, 1526 Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. She was of the Habsburg Dynasty, consort of King Christian II, and the daughter of King Philip I the Handsome of Castile and Queen Joan the Mad of Aragon. Her older brother was Emperor Charles V, one of the all-time great European leaders. She was born at Ghent, Belgium, and when she married the newly elected Danish King Christian in 1514, no one could have thought she would be residing back in her native city just twelve years later and also die there...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz) Saint Knud's Church, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark Plot: Chapel of King Hans
John (Johannes) 'Hans' b. July 8, 1455 d. February 20, 1513 King of Scandinavia. He ruled Denmark and Norway 1483-1513, popularly called Hans, and was John II of Sweden 1497-1501. Belonging to the Oldenburg Dynasty, he was the third son (two older brothers died young) of King Christian I and Queen Dorothy. His father was dethroned by the Swedes in 1464. Sixteen years went by, with Sweden ruled by a regent dictator, before John was able to raise a military force, with Russian aid, and reclaim the Swedish crown his father had fought so hard to recover for...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz) Saint Knud's Church, Odense, Syddanmark, Denmark Plot: Chapel of King Hans
b. July 1, 1481 d. January 25, 1559