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• Zij is geboren op 25 december 1461 in Torgau, Saxony.
• Zij is overleden op 8 december 1521, zij was toen 59 jaar oud.
• Een kind van Ernst Elector of Saxony en Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 11 september 2023.

Gezin van Christina of Saxony , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Zij had een relatie met John King of Denmark.

Kind(eren):

1. Christian II Oldenburg King of Denmark  1481-1559 
2. Franciscus of Denmark  
3. Knud of Denmark  
4. Elizabeth of Denmark   

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Christina of Saxony
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For the Landgravine of Hesse, see Christine of Saxony.
Christina of Saxony

Queen consort of Denmark
Tenure21 May 1481 – 20 February 1513
Coronation18 May 1483
Copenhagen Cathedral
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure1483 – 20 February 1513
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure6 October 1497 – August 1501
Coronation4 February 1499
Born25 December 1461
Torgau, Saxony
Died8 December 1521 (aged 59)
Odense, Denmark
BurialSt. Canute's Cathedral, Odense (from 1807)
SpouseJohn of Denmark
Issue
among othersChristian II, King of Denmark
Elizabeth, Electress of Brandenburg
Francis
HouseWettin
FatherErnst, Elector of Saxony
MotherElisabeth of Bavaria
ReligionRoman Catholic

Wall sculpture depicting Queen Christina together with her husband King John II and their son Francis
Christina of Saxony (born Torgau, 25 December 1461 – died Odense, 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.

Life
Early life
Christina was engaged to John, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, in 1477. The year after, she traveled from Saxony to Warnemunde, where she was met by a Danish retinue who brought her Copenhagen Castle, where she was married to John on 6 September 1478. The wedding is described as magnificent, with possessions of a knights and the bride, dressed in gold embroidered red, travelling in a carriage of gold.[1]

In 1481, she became queen of Denmark. She was however not crowned until 1483, when John had become king of Norway also. On 18 May 1483, she and John were crowned king and queen of Denmark in the Frue Kirke in Copenhagen.

During the first twenty years of her marriage, there is not much information about Christina, and she seem to have lived a life devoted to her family. She was the mother of Christian II, Franciscus, Knud and Elizabeth, who later married Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and (probably) also of Jacob the Dacian. The royal couple did not live much in Copenhagen, but preferred to travel between the royal castles in Funen, where Nykobing Castle where reportedly the favorite residence of Christina. There is nothing to indicate that she ever involved herself in politics during her life in Denmark as its queen.[1]

Christina is described as pious, and were said to weep every time she was unable to attend mass. In 1497, she and John founded the St. Clare's Monastery, Copenhagen.

Sweden
In 1497, John was elected king of Sweden. Two years later, Christina followed him to Sweden, and on 4 February 1499, they were crowned king and queen of Sweden in Uppsala. She accompanied John on his second visit to Sweden in 1500, and his third in January 1501. During the 1501 visit, John entered into his love affair with one of her ladies-in-waiting, Edel Jernskjæg, which attracted a scandal and caused a de facto termination of her marriage.

The stay in the Swedish capital was dominated by the king's suspicions toward the Swedes, who were known to be hostile to the Kalmar Union; when the queen announced that she intended to attend mass at the Storkyrkan in the city, the king refused to allow her until she begged him crying, and when the queen and her ladies-in-waiting were observed to return with a crowd of Swedes, the king's guards aimed fire at them in the belief that they had taken the queen hostage, when in fact they had just wished to escort her back to the castle as a way of honoring her.[1]

When the War of Deposition against King Hans and Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) took place later that same year, John left Sweden for Denmark in August 1501 in the company of Edel Jernskjæg. He left Christina, who was at that time too ill to travel, in charge of the garrison of the Castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm as regent and as moral support for his followers.

From September 1501 until 6 May 1502, Queen Christina was besieged by the Swedish rebels. This was one of the hardest sieges known during the Kalmar Union, during which a garrison of 1000 men was reduced to 70 out of plague and starvation.

On 9 May 1502, Queen Christina surrendered to the Swedish Regent Sten Sture the Elder. According to the peace settlement, was to be kept at a convent in Stockholm until she could travel back to Denmark. When she surrendered her position, she turned herself over to lady Ingeborg Tott, who met her at the castle and followed her to a convent.

She was kept first at the Black Friars' Monastery of Stockholm and then at the Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm. However, the treaty was broken by Sten Sture: when John had a ship sent to Stockholm to collect her, the regent had her taken from Stockholm to the Vadstena Abbey in a form of captivity. In October 1503, she was finally released and escorted to the Danish border by Sten Sture, where she was met by her son Christian in Halmstad.

Later life
In 1504, she made a pilgrimage to Wilsnack and Sternberg in Brandenburg, where she also met her daughter Elizabeth. Upon her return to Denmark, she founded convents for Poor Clares in Copenhagen and Odense.[2]

From her return to Denmark after her release onward, Queen Christina lived the rest of her life separated from King John. She had her own separate court, headed by Anne Meinstrup, and resided on her dower lands at Næsbyhoved Slot and in Odense with her son Frans. She hosted a grand court with many guests, but the visits from the king was almost non existent.[1]

Christina was interested in art and music and acted as the benefactor of musicians, writers and painters. She commissioned the famous altar piece of Claus Berg, who depicted the royal Danish family and was placed in the Odense cathedral, as well as the literary work of the priest Michael of Odense.[2] She was a critical Catholic, who wished for a reformation of the Catholic church, and the benefactor of the order of Saint Clare and Saint Francis, and supported Laurids Brandsen, who worked to reform the discipline of the Danish convents.[2] She was also known for her philanthropy.

In 1513, she was widowed.

Christina of Saxony died on 8 December 1521, aged 59.

Issue
Christina and John had five or six children:

NameBirthDeathNotes
Hans14791480died as a child
Ernst14801500died as a child
Christian II1 July 148125 January 1559King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Had issue.
Jacob14841566Disputed; Possibly identical to Jacob the Dacian
Elizabeth24 June 148510 June 1555Married Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg in 1502. Had issue.
Francis15 July 14971 April 1511
References
Jorgensen, Ellen & Skovgaard, Johanne, Danske dronniger; fortaellinger og karakteristikker af Ellen Jorgensen og Johanne Skovgaard, Kobenhavn H. Hagerup, 1910
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish)
Dansk biografisk Lexikon / III. Bind. Brandt - Clavus
Christina of Saxony
House of Wettin
Born: 25 December 1461 Died: 8 December 1521
Royal titles
Preceded by
Dorothea of Brandenburg
Queen consort of Denmark
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Title next held by
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Dorothea of BrandenburgQueen consort of Norway
1483–1513
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Christina AbrahamsdotterQueen consort of Sweden
1497–1501
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