Christine Wettin (1461 - 1521)

Born 25 Dec 1461 in Torgau, Saxony, Germany

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes (Oldenburg) Oldenberg — married 1478 in Denmark

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1521 at age 59 in Odense, Denmark

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Christine Wettin was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Christina von Sachsen was born on 25 December 1461 at Torgau, Germany. She was the daughter of Ernst Kurfürst von Sachsen and Elisabeth von Oberbayern-München.1 She married Hans Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway, son of Christian I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea von Hohenzollern, on 6 September 1478 at Copenhagen, Denmark. She died on 8 December 1521 at age 59 at Odensee, Isle of Funen, Denmark. Children of Christina von Sachsen and Hans Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway

Ernst Oldenburg Christian II Oldenburg, King of Denmark and Norway+ b. 2 Jul 1481, d. 25 Jan 1559 Elizabeth Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark+ b. c 1485, d. 10 Jun 1555 Francis Oldenburg b. 15 Jul 1497, d. 1 Apr 1511 Johann Oldenburg b. b 1513 Citations [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 17. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_of_Saxony
• http://www.danmarkskonger.dk/king35.htm
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10351.htm#i103503

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sheri Sturm for Saxony-162 creating Of Saxony-162 on 22 Dec 13.