Biography of Christian III King Denmark 1503-1559

On 10th April 1502 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 30) and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 14) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg and [his grandmother] Margaret of Thuringia. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian I King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg. They were half second cousins.

On 12th August 1503 Christian III King Denmark was born to [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 31) and [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 15).

On 3rd May 1514 [his mother] Anna of Brandenburg (age 26) died.

On 9th October 1518 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 47) and [his step-mother] Sophie of Pomerania Queen Consort of Denmark and Sweden (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 26 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian I King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg.

In 1523 Christian II King of Denmark II King Norway (age 41) Abdicated following pressure from his nobility. His uncle [his father] Frederick (age 51) succeeded I King Denmark.

On 29th October 1525 Christian III King Denmark (age 22) and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 14) were married. He the son of King Frederick I of Denmark (age 54) and Anna of Brandenburg.

On 22nd November 1532 [his daughter] Anna Oldenburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 29) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 21). She married her third cousin once removed 7th October 1548 Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony and had issue.

On 10th April 1533 [his father] King Frederick I of Denmark (age 61) died. His son Christian (age 29) succeeded III King Denmark.

On 1st July 1534 [his son] Frederick II King of Denmark was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 23). He married his second cousin once removed 20th July 1572 Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark and had issue.

On 26th August 1540 [his daughter] Magnus Oldenburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 37) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 29)..

On 25th March 1545 [his son] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 41) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 33).. He married (1) his sixth cousin 19th August 1568 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and had issue (2) 14th February 1588 Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt and had issue.

On 29th June 1546 [his daughter] Dorothea Oldenburg Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 42) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 35) at Kolding. She married her half sixth cousin 12th October 1561 William "Younger" Welf Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg.

On 7th October 1548 [his son-in-law] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony (age 22) and [his daughter] Anna Oldenburg (age 15) were married at Torgau. She the daughter of Christian III King of Denmark (age 45) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 37). They were third cousin once removed.

In 1560 [his half-brother] Duke Adolph Oldenburg of Holstein-Gotorp (age 33) was appointed 343rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 26). It isn't entirely clear why he was awarded the Garter. He was a thirty-four years old, unmarried younger son of the [his father] King of Denark. He may have been pursuing a marriage to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland.

On 7th October 1571 [his former wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 60) died.