Christian
(Christian I)
Oldenberg
aka Oldenburg
Born in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adelheid (Von Oldenburg) Oldenburg, Maurice (Von Oldenburg) Oldenburg and Gerhard (Von Oldenburg) Oldenburg
Husband of
Dorothea (Brandenburg-Kulmbach) von Hohenzollern
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Olaf (Oldenburg) Danmark, Knud (Oldenburg) Danmark, Johannes (Oldenburg) Oldenberg, Margaret (Oldenburg) Queen of Scots and Frederik (Oldenburg) af Danmark
Died
at age 55
in Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Biography
Christian I Oldenberg is Notable.
Christian I Oldenberg was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Christian I Oldenburg, known as "the Quarrelsome", King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Born circa February 1426 at Oldenburg, Germany.
He was the son of Dietrich Oldenburg, Count of Oldenburg and Hedwig Herzogin von Schleswig-Holstein. He married Dorothea von Hohenzollern, daughter of Johann Markgraf von Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Barbara von Sachsen-Wittenberg, on 26 October 1449 at Copenhagen, Denmark. He died on 21 May 1481 at Copenhagen, Denmark.
He gained the title of Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein. He succeeded to the title of King Christian I of Denmark in 1448.2 He succeeded to the title of King Christian I of Norway in 1448.2 He succeeded to the title of King Christian I of Sweden in 1457.2 He was deposed as King of Sweden in 1464.
Children of Christian I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea von Hohenzollern
- Olaf Oldenburg b. 29 Sep 1450, d. c 1451
- Canute (Knut) Oldenburg b. 1451, d. c 1455
- Hans Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway+ b. 2 Feb 1455, d. 20 Feb 1513
- Margaret Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark+ b. 23 Jun 1456, d. 14 Jul 1486
- Frederik I Oldenburg, King of Denmark+ b. 7 Oct 1471, d. 10 Apr 1533
Sources
- John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 151. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
- Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 17. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
- Wikipedia: Christian I of Denmark
- Wikidata: Item Q153940, en:Wikipedia
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