CHRISTIAN I, King of Denmark. - B. May 21, 1426 in Copenhagen, d. there, May 21, 1481. He succeeded Christopher of Bavaria on the throne and was king of Denmark from 1448 and of Norway from 1450. He also reigned in Sweden from 1457 to 1471. Elected duke of Schleswig and of Holstein in 1460, C. brought about the personal union of the two duchies with Denmark. In 1474 he came to Rome. In 1479 he founded the University of Copenhagen with the approval of Sixtus IV, to give Danish priests the possibility of perfecting their studies at home rather than in Germany or in France. - See plate LVII.

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Christian I, King of Denmark

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