Cook Family Ancestry Christian III of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [15647] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Christian I of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [12160]
(1426-1481)

Dorothea von Brandenburg [11604]
(1430-1495)

John Cicero Hohenzollern Elector of Brandenburg [11596]
(1455-1499)

Margaret of Saxony Wettin [11595]
(1449-1501)

Frederick I of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [13052]
(1471-1533)

Anna von Brandenburg Hohenzollern [13053]
(1487-1514)

Christian III of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [15647]
(1503-1559)

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Spouses/Children:
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [8536]

Christian III of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [15647] ²⁴

Born: 12 Aug 1503, Gottorp
Marriage: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [8536] on 29 Oct 1525 in Lauenburg
Died: 1 Jan 1559, Coldingen at age 55

bullet General Notes:

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01632

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1534.

Christian married Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [8536] [MRIN: 7501], daughter of Magnus of Saxe-Lauenburg Duke Saxe-Lauenburg [8535] and Katharina of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel [8537], on 29 Oct 1525 in Lauenburg. (Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg [8536] was born on 9 Jul 1511 and died on 7 Oct 1571 in Sonderburg.)

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Christian III of Denmark Oldenburg King of Denmark [15647] ²⁴