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5 days ago · The dynasty rose to prominence when Count Christian I of Oldenburg was elected King of Denmark in 1448, of Norway in 1450 and of Sweden in 1457. The house then occupied the Danish throne continuously for 576 years until the abdication of Queen Margrethe II in 2024.
May 20, 2024 · Note: This chart also includes the kings from the Houses of Bjelbo ; Pomerania and Palatinate-Neumarkt (Christopher III) + the son of Hakon Sunnivasson House of Estridsen Sweyn
May 6, 2024 · The name of a South Carolina bicyclist killed over the weekend was released by the Greenville County Coroner's Office Monday. Senior Deputy Coroner Kristy Strange said George Christian Frank, 56...
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May 19, 2024 · In January 1448, 31-year-old Christopher III, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden suddenly died. His two-year marriage to 19-year-old Dorothea of Brandenburg was childless. This resulted in a succession crisis that broke up the Kalmar Union which had united the Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
May 15, 2024 · Clyde Christian III. Mayo Clinic Labs @Work. Following a connection on LinkedIn, Clyde Christian found himself drawn to Mayo Clinic and joined the Hospital Sales division of Mayo Clinic Laboratories in late May 2022. As a hospital account executive for the U.S.
May 20, 2024 · Children of Otto III. Despite co-rulership between them, they received different parts in the Margraviate to rule (alone or in co-rulership): John III (and then Otto V with Otto VI) received the seat at Salzwedel, from which Otto VI abdicated in 1286;
May 17, 2024 · Christian I was the king of Denmark (1448–81), Norway (1450–81), and Sweden (1457–64, 1465–67), and founder of the Oldenburg dynasty, which ruled Denmark until 1863. He tried to gain control over Sweden and maintain a union of the Scandinavian nations but was defeated by rebellious Swedish nobles.
