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Biography of Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648

Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg

Maternal Family Tree: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1557-1631

On 20th July 1572 [his father] Frederick II King Denmark (age 38) and [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian III King Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.

On 12th April 1577 Christian IV King Denmark was born to Frederick II King Denmark (age 42) and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).

On 4th April 1588 [his father] Frederick II King Denmark (age 53) died. His son Christian (age 10) succeeded IV King Denmark.

In 1603 Christian IV King Denmark (age 25) was appointed 394th Knight of the Garter by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 36)..

In 1603 William Segar (age 49) was appointed Deputy Garter King of Arms to invest Christian IV King Denmark (age 25) with the Order of the Garter.

On 18th March 1609 [his son] Frederick III King Denmark was born to Christian IV King Denmark (age 31).

On 14th October 1631 [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 74) died.

In 1643 [his son] Frederick III King Denmark (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She the daughter of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 41). He the son of Christian IV King Denmark (age 65). They were sixth cousins.

On 28th February 1648 Christian IV King Denmark (age 70) died. His son [his son] Frederick (age 38) succeeded III King Denmark. [his daughter-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

Royal Ancestors of Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648

Frederick III King Denmark

Ancestors of Christian IV King Denmark 1577-1648

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

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

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Father: Frederick II King Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Christian IV King Denmark 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg

GrandFather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England