Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg
Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden( 24 June 1485 – 10 June 1555) was a Scandinavian princess who became Electress of Brandenburg as the spouse of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg.
She was the daughter of King Hans of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and his spouse, Christina of Saxony.
Lise-Lotte Rebel
Lise- Lotte Rebel( born 23 January 1951) is a bishop of the Church of Denmark.
Since April 2, 1995 she has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Helsingør in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark.
She was the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark.
Christina of Saxony
Christina of Saxony( b. Torgau, 25 December 1461 – d. Odense, 8 December 1521), was Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
She was born a granddaughter of Frederick the Gentle of Saxony, and daughter of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria.
She was the grandmother of Christina of Denmark through her son Christian II.
Christina of Denmark
Christina of Denmark (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.
John Dalgleish Donaldson
John Dalgleish Donaldson( born 5 September 1941) is a Scottish- Australian professor and the father of Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, the wife of the heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark.
Christian II of Denmark
Christian II (1 July 1481 – 25 January 1559) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union.
He reigned as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513 until 1523 and of Sweden from 1520 until 1521.
From 1513 to 1523, he was concurrently Duke of Schleswig and Holstein in joint rule with his uncle Frederick.
Christian was the oldest son of King John and belonged to the House of Oldenburg.
Denmark was then an elective monarchy in which the nobility elected the new king (from among the sons or close male relatives of the previous monarch), who had to share his power with them.
He came into conflict with the Danish nobility when he was forced to sign a charter, more strict than any previous, to ensure his access to the throne.
Through domestic reforms he later sought to evade the restrictions of the charter.
Internationally, he tried to maintain the Kalmar Union between the Scandinavian countries which brought him to war with Sweden, lasting between 1518 and 1523.
Though he captured the country in 1520, his slaughter of leading Swedish nobility afterwards (known as the Stockholm Bloodbath) made him despised and after a short reign in Sweden, where to this day he is known as Christian the Tyrant ("Kristian Tyrann"), he was deposed in a rebellion led by the nobleman and later king of Sweden Gustav Vasa.
His problems grew as he tried to limit the influence of foreign trading nations in Denmark.
His reign in Denmark and Norway was cut short in 1523 when his uncle deposed him and took the thrones as Frederick I.
Christian was exiled to the Netherlands, ruled by his brother-in-law, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. After attempting to reclaim the thrones in 1531, he was arrested and held in captivity for the rest of his life, first in Sønderborg Castle and later at Kalundborg Castle.
As a captive, he was treated well and as he grew older he was gradually given more freedom.
He died aged 77, outliving his uncle and his cousin, King Christian III.
Supporters tried to restore him to power both during his exile and his imprisonment but they were defeated decisively during the Count's Feud in 1536.
Personally, he was intelligent but irresolute
(he could not decide between Protestantism and Catholicism for instance), which is also part of his legacy in literature.
In 1515, he married Isabella of Austria, granddaughter of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
However, he is most known for his relation with Dyveke Sigbritsdatter, a commoner of Dutch ancestry who became his mistress before his marriage and whose mother became his closest advisor.
When Dyveke suddenly died in 1517, Christian had the nobleman Torben Oxe executed, on dubious grounds, for having poisoned her.
Dyveke’s mother would follow Christian in exile but his in-laws forced him to break their friendship.
His wife was invited to remain in Denmark rather than live in exile but declined and died in 1526, after which her family took Christian's children from him.
Christian tried to have his son John recognized as heir to the throne; however, this was denied and John died a year later.
His daughters, Dorothea and Christina, the children of his to survive childhood, also made claims to the throne on behalf of themselves or their children but likewise in vain.
Władysław Konstanty Vasa
Władysław Konstanty, Count of Wasenau (1635 - 19 March 1698) was the illegitimate son of King of Poland Władysław IV Vasa and his mistress, Jadwiga Łuszkowska.
He was the Captain of the Guard for Queen Christina of Sweden, his second cousin, while in Rome.
Also in Rome, he was appointed a Papal Chamberlain for Pope Alexander VIII.
Upon the death of Christina he did not receive the benefits she had intended to leave for him and was reduced to poverty.
Francis of Denmark
Francis of Denmark( 15 July 1497 – 1 April 1511), was a prince of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the youngest son of King John of Denmark and Christina of Saxony.
Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Caroline- Mathilde of Denmark( 27 April 1912 – 12 December 1995) was a daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and granddaughter of King Frederick VIII of Denmark.
As the wife of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, she became Hereditary Princess of Denmark.
Eric IV of Denmark
Eric IV, also known as Eric Ploughpenny or Eric Plowpenny,( – 10 August 1250) was king of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250.
He was the son of Valdemar II of Denmark by his wife, Berengaria of Portugal, and brother of King Abel of Denmark and King Christopher I of Denmark

Question: Where did Christina Of Denmark's father die?
Answer: Kalundborg