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Biography of Christian III King Denmark 1503-1559

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396

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 Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Brandenburg. They were half second cousins.

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

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).

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 Denmark was born to Christian III King Denmark (age 30) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 23).

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)..

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.

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 Denmark (age 45) and [his wife] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 37). They were third cousin once removed.

Christian III King Denmark Dies Frederick II Succeeds

On 1st January 1559 Christian III King Denmark (age 55) died. His son [his son] Frederick (age 24) succeeded II King Denmark.

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

Royal Ancestors of Christian III King Denmark 1503-1559

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Christian III King Denmark 1503-1559

Frederick II King Denmark

Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway

King Christian IX of Denmark

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain

Constantine II King Hellenes

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Christian III King Denmark 1503-1559

Great x 1 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

GrandFather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 1 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Father: King Frederick I of Denmark

GrandMother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 1 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus "Pious" Welf II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Wartislaw Griffins VI Duke Pomerania

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins

GrandMother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Silesia

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles IV King Bohemia Holy Roman Emperor Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grand Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hermann II Count of Celje

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Schaunberg