1426 Births - Iovianus Pontanus, Christian I of Denmark, Maso Finiguerra, Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick, John II, Duke of Bourbon (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Iovianus Pontanus, Christian I of Denmark, Maso Finiguerra, Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick, John Ii, Duke of Bourbon, Eleanor of Navarre, Stefan I Crnojevi, William de Berkeley, 1st Marquess of Berkeley, James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Maria of Cleves, Duchess of Orleans, Henryk X of Chojnow, Alexander Cunningham, 1st Earl of Glencairn, Sante Bentivoglio, Giacomo Ii Crispo, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Christian I (14261481), Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (14481481), Norway (14501481) and Sweden (14571464), under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch was preceded by regents, Jons Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by regent Kettil Karlsson Vasa. Also Duke of Schleswig and Holstein 146081. He was born in February 1426 in Oldenburg. His father was Count Dietrich of Oldenburg (died 1440) 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 1436). Christian had two brothers, Count Moritz V of Delmenhorst (14281464) and Count Gerhard VI of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst (14301500), and one sister Adelheid. Christian married Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430 25 November 1495), the widow of his predecessor King Christopher (of Bavaria) and thus dowager queen, on 28 October 1449 in Copenhagen. Dorothea and Christian had five children: King Christopher of Denmark, Sweden and Norway died in January 1448. His death resulted in the break-up of the union of the three kingdoms, as Denmark and Sweden went their separate ways. On 1 September 1448, count Christian of Oldenburg was elected to the vacant Danish throne, as king Christ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=174698