Everything about Christina Of Denmark totally explained
Christina of Denmark (
1522-
1590), was firstly Duchess-consort of Milan and then Duchess-consort of Lorraine. She was claimant to the thrones of Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
She was the younger surviving daughter of
Christian II of Denmark and
Isabella of Burgundy, sister of Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V. Christina was born in
Nyborg in central Denmark in 1522.
In 1533 she married by proxy
Francesco II Sforza,
Duke of Milan, who died in 1535.
In
1538, German painter
Hans Holbein arrived in Brussels to meet Christina. Holbein had been commissioned by
Henry VIII of England to paint portraits of noble women who were considered suitable brides. Christina had been mentioned after the death of
Jane Seymour in
1537. Upon Holbein's arrival, Christina sat for a portrait, wearing
mourning clothes. The English ambassador was arranging for Henry VIII to see the Duchess's likeness in connection with plans to marry her. Christina, then only sixteen years old, made no secret of her opposition to marrying the English king, who by this time had a reputation around Europe for his mistreatment of his wives. She supposedly told the English ambassador that "If I'd two heads, one should be at the King of England's disposal."
Christina was also the grand-niece of Henry's first wife
Catherine of Aragon through her mother.
After turning down Henry's proposal, in
1541 she married
François, Duc de Bar. In an interesting twist of fate, this was the prince who had been betrothed to
Anne of Cleves, who became the 4th wife of Henry VIII, after he was turned down by Christina. Francis succeeded his father as Duc de
Lorraine in 1544 and died in 1545, leaving Christina as the Regent of Lorraine. She died in
1590.
In late 1550s and in 1560s, adventurer
Wilhelm von Grumbach and his allies, who occasionally included
Peder Oxe, intrigued to dethrone her second cousin king
Frederick II of Denmark in Christina's favor. Nothing substantial came out of these activities.
Her son was
Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, namesake of her uncle the emperor. Her daughter,
Renata of Lorraine, married
William V, Duke of Bavaria, and it through her that the current
Danish,
Norwegian and
Swedish royal families are descended.
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