Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg
On 29th October 1525 [his father] Christian III King of Denmark [aged 22] and [his mother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 14] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King Frederick I of Denmark [aged 54] and [his grandmother] Anna of Brandenburg.
On 1st July 1534 Frederick II King of Denmark was born to Christian III King of Denmark [aged 30] and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 23].
On 1st January 1559 [his father] Christian III King of Denmark [aged 55] died. His son Frederick [aged 24] succeeded II King of Denmark.
On 12th October 1561 [his brother-in-law] William "Younger" Welf Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 26] and [his sister] Dorothea Oldenburg Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brunswick Lüneburg. She the daughter of [his father] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 50]. They were half sixth cousins.
On 19th August 1568 [his brother] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen [aged 18] were married. He the son of [his father] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 57]. They were sixth cousins.
On 7th October 1571 [his mother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 60] died.
On 20th July 1572 Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 38] and Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Christian III King of Denmark and Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.
On 25th August 1573 [his daughter] Elizabeth Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 39] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 15]. She married 19th April 1590 Henry Julius Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and had issue.
On 12th December 1574 [his daughter] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 40] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 17]. She married 23rd November 1589 her third cousin once removed King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland, son of Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart and Mary Queen of Scots, and had issue.
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On 12th April 1577 [his son] Christian IV King of Denmark was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 42] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 19].
In 1578 Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 43] was appointed 364th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 44]..
On 30th December 1578 [his son] Prince Ulrik Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 44] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 21].
In 1579 [his son] John August Oldenburg died.
In 1579 [his son] John August Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 44] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 21]. He died aged less than one years old.
On 5th April 1580 [his son] Augusta Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 45] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 22].
On 5th August 1581 [his son] Hedwig Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 47] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 23].
On 9th July 1583 [his son] John Oldenburg was born to Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 49] and [his wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 25].
On 14th February 1588 [his brother] John "Younger" Oldenburg Duke Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg [aged 42] and [his sister-in-law] Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt [aged 14] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years. He the son of [his father] Christian III King of Denmark and [his mother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.
On 4th April 1588 Frederick II King of Denmark [aged 53] died. His son Christian [aged 10] succeeded IV King of Denmark.
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On 14th October 1631 [his former wife] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [aged 74] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland [1]
Christian IV King of Denmark [1]
King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [1]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [1]
Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [1]
Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [1]
Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [1]
King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [2]
Frederick William IV King Prussia [1]
Frederick VII King of Denmark [3]
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [2]
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [2]
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [1]
Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [6]
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [6]
Frederick Charles I King Finland [2]
Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [4]
Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [6]
Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [6]
Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [7]
Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [7]
Carl XVI King Sweden [13]
Great x 2 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 2 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 2 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Father: Christian III King of Denmark 8 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Hohenzollern V Burgrave Nuremburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 2 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxembourg 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria 15 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 
8 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxembourg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress
Frederick II King of Denmark 9 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Mother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway