Christian I of Denmark ( Events March 6 - Battle of St. James (near Avranches). An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty. Births February - Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Deaths Categories: 1426 ... 1426 – Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... 1481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland... Denmark ( Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna and Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna are selected to serve as Co-Regents of Sweden. June 20 - The Regency period of Sweden ends with... 1448 – Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... 1481), The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norways famous fjords... Norway ( Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve... 1450 – Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... 1481) and The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige  listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Sweden ( Events University of Freiburg founded. Stefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia which he retains for the next 47 years. Edo Castle was built by Ota Dokan in what is now Tokyo. Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik... 1457 – Events February - Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. His deposed predecessor Charles VIII of Sweden is re-elected to the throne. April 25 - Battle of Hedgeley Moore - Yorkist forces under Lord Montague defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy, who is... 1464), under the The Kalmar Union united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden under one monarch in 1397. The countries had given up their sovereignty but not their independence and Swedish dissatisfaction over the Danish centralized government gave rise to the conflict that would lead to its dissolution in 1523. Union... Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as For the insecticide Regent, see Regent (insecticide) A regent is an acting governor. In a monarchy, a regent usually rules due to the actual monarchs absence, incapacity, or minority. In the case of Finland and Hungary, military officers served as regents in the absence of a monarch, while in... regent was preceded by A viceroy is somebody who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning in the place of and roi, meaning king. A vicereine is a woman in a viceregal position, or a viceroys wife. For example, the... viceroys, Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna), ( 1417 – 1467) Swedish clergyman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with Erik Axelsson (Tott), and alone 1465- 1466. He was also Archbishop of Uppsala, 1448-1467. Categories: People stubs | Swedish regents | Oxenstierna ... Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott, (1415-1481) Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, and alone 1466-1467. Born in Denmark as the son of Axel Pedersson Tott and Ingeborg Ivarsdotter. Entered the service of King Charles VIII of Sweden at... Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by viceroy Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) (1433 - August 11, 1465) was a Swedish clergyman and regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union from February 1464 to August 1465, interluded by a six month interregnum of king Charles VIII of Sweden. He was also Bishop of Linköping. He was the son of Karl... Kettil Karlsson Vasa.

He was born in February 1426 in This page is about Oldenburg in the German state of Lower Saxony. There is also a town Oldenburg in Holstein (at the Baltic Sea), the district of Oldenburg, the historical state and former Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, the ducal and royal House of Oldenburg and Oldenburg, Indiana. In addition to... Oldenburg. His father was Count Dietrich of Oldenburg (died Events March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War. Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made... 1444) whom he succeeded as Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst. His mother was his father's second wife, Hedwig of Schleswig and Holstein (Helvig of Schauenburg) (died Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. Sigismund is accepted as King. Alexandru I Aldea is replaced as ruler of Wallachia by Vlad II Dracul. Births Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller), German astronomer Deaths Categories: 1436 ... 1436). Christian had two brothers, Count Moritz V of Delmenhorst ( Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. Jean, Comte de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders. October 24 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command... 1428 - Events February - Norway who was also serving as King of Sweden is declared deposed from the later throne. His deposed predecessor Charles VIII of Sweden is re-elected to the throne. April 25 - Battle of Hedgeley Moore - Yorkist forces under Lord Montague defeat Lancastrians under Sir Ralph Percy, who is... 1464) and Count Gerhard VI of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst ( Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians Year in topics 1430 in art Births Robert Morton, English composer, approximate date Antoine Busnois, Burgundian composer, approximate date Deaths Christine de Pizan... 1430 - Events Europes population was ~60 million. (Spielvogel) January 5 - Duke Ludovico Sforza recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French. April 22 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral officially discovers Brazil and claims the land for Portugal. November 11 - Treaty of Granada - Louis XII of France and... 1500), and one sister Adelheid.

1448 Chriastian was elected to the vacant Danish throne, as a cognatic descendant of King Eric V Klipping (1249-1286) was King of Denmark (1259-1286) and son of Christopher I. Until 1264 he ruled under the auspices of his mother, the competent Queen Dowager Margrethe Sambiria. He tried to enforce his power over church and nobility, but was 1282 forced by the latter to... Eric V of Denmark. The throne was firstly offered by the Statsraad to the most prominent feudal lord of Danish dominions, i.e Duke Adolf von Schauenburg, d 4 December 1459, Duke of Southern Jutland (in Danish, Sonderjylland), i.e Schleswig, and Count of Holstein, was the mightiest vassal of the Danish realm. He descended from a branch of the family of Schauenburg, who had for centuries been counts of Holstein, as such vassals... Adolf VIII of Schleswig-Holstein, but (relatively old and childless) he declined and recommended his nephew.

Christian soon also married Dorothea of Brandenburg (1431 to 1495) was the daughter of Johan of Brandenburg and Barbara of Sachsen-Wittenberg. She was the consort of Christian I of Denmark. She is also known as Dorothea of Hohenzollern and as Dorothy Achillies. Categories: Stub ... Dorothea of Brandenburg ( Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians Year in topics 1430 in art Births Robert Morton, English composer, approximate date Antoine Busnois, Burgundian composer, approximate date Deaths Christine de Pizan... 1430 - November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1034 - Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the... November 25, Events February 22 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the citys throne. A few months later, he decides to return to France, and leaves Naples with most of his army, leaving a force under his cousin Gilbert, Count of Montpensier as Viceroy. May 26 - A Spanish... 1495), the widow of his predecessor King Christopher of Bavaria, Christoffer (III) af Bayern (Danish and Norwegian title) or Kristofer av Bayern (Swedish title), (1418-1448) was union king of Denmark, Norway (1440-1448) and Sweden (1441-1448). He was born on January 6, 1418 as the son of duke John of Pfalz-Neumarkt and Catherine Vratislava... Christopher of Bavaria and thus A dowager is a widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband. It is usually associated with monarchical and aristocratic titles. In the United Kingdom, the title of dowager is applied to women who fit two qualifications: She is the widow of a previous holder of... dowager queen, on October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine the Great defeats the forces of Maxentius. Roman emperor Constantine converts himself and the empire to... October 28, Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. He will be the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome. September 8 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Oyirad Mongolians defeat the Chinese Ming Dynasty army and capture Zhengtong Emperor of China French capture... 1449 in City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City ( 2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km² [including water] xxx/km² [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°... Copenhagen. Dorothea and Christian had five children:

1. Olaf ( Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve... 1450- Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... 1451)
2. Knut ( Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... 1451- Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... 1455)
3. John, Johann, Johan II, or colloquially Hans, Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1481–1513), Norway (1483–1513) Sweden (1497–1501), under the Kalmar Union, and also Duke of Schleswig and Holstein. He was born on February 2, 1455 as the son of Christian I and... John (Kung Hans) ( Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... 1455 - Events January 20 - Denmark and Norway. March 11 - Leo X elected pope. March 27 - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time mistaking it for another island. Later, on April 2, he landed somewhere on the east coast of the newly discovered land. April... 1513), Duke of This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. There is also Schleswig, Iowa in the United States of America. The region of Schleswig (Slesvig in Danish) covers the area about 30 km north and 40 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. Traditionally... Schleswig and Holstein also refers to a breed of cattle. Holstein also refers to a breed of horse Holstein (Hol-shtayn) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe, Eider and the Schlei firth. The capital of Holstein is Kiel. 1111-1474 an Imperial (Reichsunmittelbar) County of... Holstein, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
4. Margaret of Denmark (June 23, 1456 - before July 14, 1486) was the daughter of King Christian I of Denmark (1448-81), Norway (1450-81), and Sweden (1457-64), and his wife Dorothea of Brandenburg. In July, 1469, at Holyrood Abbey, she married James III Stuart, the King of Scotland (1460... Margarete of Denmark ( Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). July 21 - July 22. Battle of Belgrade. The Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II August 20 - Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia is killed in battle by Vlad III Dracula who... 1456- Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. He is succeeded by Auitzotl. Matthias Corvinus organizes first hussars Malleus Maleficarum Sigismund, Archduke of Tyrol, issues Europes first large silver coin, the guldengroschen. This coin later becomes the thaler. Births 20 September - Arthur Tudor (son of Henry VII... 1486), 13 years old married to the 17 years old King James III of Scotland (1451/ 1452- June 11, 1488), son of James II and Mary of Gueldres, created Duke of Rothesay at birth, king of Scotland from 1460 to 1488. James was an unpopular and ineffective monarch owing to an unwillingness to administer justice fairly, a policy of pursuing alliance... James III of Scotland
5. Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (October 1, 1471 - April 10, 1533) was the son of King Christian I Oldenbourg of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1426-1481) and of Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430-1495). The name is also spelled Friedrich in German, Frederik in Danish, and Fredrik in Swedish. Frederick... Frederick ( This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. Events March - The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne. April 14 - Battle of Barnet - Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed. May... 1471- Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. March 30 - Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury May 23 - King Henry VIII of England marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherine refuses to accept and continues to believe herself the wife of... 1533), Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, in Gottorp, later also King of Denmark and Norway

In Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. March 5 - King Christian I of Denmark declares the unity of the two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, who have been treated as one ever since (albeit under different national affiliations). March 6 - Treaty of Alcacovas - Portugal gives... 1460 King Christian also became Duke of This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. There is also Schleswig, Iowa in the United States of America. The region of Schleswig (Slesvig in Danish) covers the area about 30 km north and 40 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. Traditionally... Schleswig and Count of Holstein also refers to a breed of cattle. Holstein also refers to a breed of horse Holstein (Hol-shtayn) is the southern part of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, between the rivers Elbe, Eider and the Schlei firth. The capital of Holstein is Kiel. 1111-1474 an Imperial (Reichsunmittelbar) County of... Holstein (during his tenure, Holstein was Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella won the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand... 1474 elevated a Duchy by the Holy Roman Emperor). Christian inherited Schleswig-Holstein after a short "interregnum" as the eldest son of the sister of late Duke Adolf von Schauenburg, d 4 December 1459, Duke of Southern Jutland (in Danish, Sonderjylland), i.e Schleswig, and Count of Holstein, was the mightiest vassal of the Danish realm. He descended from a branch of the family of Schauenburg, who had for centuries been counts of Holstein, as such vassals... Adolf VIII, Duke of Schleswig (Southern Jutland) and Count of Holstein, of the Schauenburg furstlig clan, who died 4 December 1459, without children. There would have been several genealogically senior claimants of Holstein, but Christian was nephew, the closest relative to that very branch which had lived longest and acquired most fiefs. Christian's succession was confirmed by the Estates (nobility and representatives) of these provinces in Ribe 5 March 1460.

King Christian died in Copenhagen on May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). There are 224 days remaining. Events 996 - Sixteen year old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1674 - John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland. 1856 - Lawrence... May 21, Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... 1481, at the age of 55. Through his fourth and fifth children respectively, he was an ancestor to James VI and I King of England, Scotland and Ireland James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. He... James VI, of Scotland and England, and his wife, Anne of Denmark (October 14, 1574 _ March 4, 1619) was queen consort of King James I of England and VI of Scotland. Anne of Denmark Anne was the daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Sophia of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. She was born in 1574 at... Anne of Denmark. He is therefore an ancestor to the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain lies between Ireland and continental Europe. Great Britain is an island lying off the northwestern coast of Europe, comprising the main territory of the United Kingdom (UK). Great Britain is also used as a political term describing the combination of England, Scotland, and Wales, the three countries which... Great Britain and Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. It has a land border with the Republic of Ireland in the island of Ireland and is otherwise bounded by sea. It covers 14,139 square kilometres (5,459 square miles) in the north-east... Northern Ireland.