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Wall sculpture depicting Queen Christina together with her husband King John II and their son Francis. Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.
Christina of Saxony (1461–1521) Queen of Norway and Denmark. Name variations: Christine. Born on December 25, 1461; died on December 8, 1521; daughter of Ernest (b. 1441), elector of Saxony; sister of Margaret of Saxony (1469–1528); married John I or Johannes also known as Hans, king of Norway and Denmark (r. 1481–1513), on September 6 ...
Christine of Saxony (25 December 1505 – 15 April 1549) was a German nobleman, landgravine consort of Hesse by her marriage to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. She was the regent of Hesse during the absence of her spouse in 1547–1549.
Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.
Queen Christina commissioned the famous German sculptor Claus Berg to create a burial chapel in the church of the Franciscan monastery for her and her husband. Berg’s intricately carved and gilded altarpiece is a Danish national treasure.
Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John. Christina was engaged to John, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in 1477.
Brief Life History of Christina. When Christina von Sachsen was born on 25 December 1461, in Kreis Torgau, Saxony, Germany, her father, Ernst von Sachsen, was 20 and her mother, Prinzessin Elisabeth von Bayern Wittelsbach, was 18. She married King Hans Von Oldenburg of Denmark, Norway and Sweden on 6 September 1478, in København, Denmark.
