Christian I and Dorothea of Brandenburg
Name: Christian I
Birth: February 1426, Oldenburg
Child of: Count Dietrich of Oldenburg and Hedwig of Schauenburg
Reign: Denmark: September 28, 1448 – May 21, 1481 Norway: 1450 – May 21, 1481 Sweden: 1457 – 1464
Marriage: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Children: Olaf, Knud, John (King Hans), Margarete (m. King James III of Scotland) Frederik I
Death: May 21, 1481 Copenhagen
Throne passed to: Hans/John in Denmark and Norway, Carl XIII in Sweden
First of the Oldenburg-line on the throne.
Founded Copenhagen University.