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Paternal Family Tree: Oldenburg
Maternal Family Tree: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1557-1631
On 20th July 1572 [his father] Frederick II King of Denmark (age 38) and [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Denmark. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Christian III King of Denmark and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway. They were second cousin once removed.
On 12th April 1577 Christian IV King of Denmark was born to [his father] Frederick II King of Denmark (age 42) and [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 19).
In 1578 [his father] Frederick II King of Denmark (age 43) was appointed 364th Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland (age 44)..
On 4th April 1588 [his father] Frederick II King of Denmark (age 53) died. His son Christian (age 10) succeeded IV King of Denmark.
On 23rd November 1589 [his brother-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 23) and [his sister] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 14) were married at Bishop's Palace. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of [his father] Frederick II King of Denmark and [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 32). He the son of Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart and Mary Queen of Scots. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.
In 1599 Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 35) was appointed Keeper of the Jewels to [his sister] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 24).
On 5th February 1600 John Gordon 13th Earl Sutherland (age 24) and Agnes Elphinstone were married. The marriage was celebrated ovre two days at his lodgings Royal Mint aka Cunyiehous. [his brother-in-law] King James VI of Scotland (age 33) and [his sister] Queen Anne of Denmark (age 25) were house guests. As wedding gifts, James VI gave Agnes and Jean Elphinstone suites of gold and pearl accessories comprising, a necklace, a belt, and back and fore "garnishings" for their hair, which cost £1,333-6s-8d Scots. He the son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl Sutherland. They were fourth cousin once removed.
In 1603 Christian IV King of Denmark (age 25) was appointed 394th Knight of the Garter by [his brother-in-law] King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 36)..
In 1603 William Segar (age 49) was appointed Deputy Garter King of Arms to invest Christian IV King of Denmark (age 25) with the Order of the Garter.
On 27th December 1605 Philip Herbert 4th Earl Pembroke 1st Earl Montgomery (age 21) and Susan Vere Countess Montgomery (age 18) were married at Whitehall. The bride was escorted into the church by the [his sister] Queen's (age 31) brother [his brother] Prince Ulrik Oldenburg (age 26) and her son [his nephew] Henry Frederick Stewart Prince of Wales (age 11). She the daughter of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford and Anne Cecil Countess of Oxford. He the son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke (age 44).
On 16th September 1607 [his niece] Princess Mary Stewart (age 2) died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet (age 62) in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the Earl of Worcester (age 57), the Earl of Leicester (age 43) and the Earl of Totnes (age 52) went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the [his sister] Queen (age 32) of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
On 18th March 1609 [his son] Frederick III King of Denmark was born to Christian IV King of Denmark (age 31). He married 1643 his sixth cousin Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark, daughter of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg, and had issue.
On 3rd February 1614 Robert Ker 1st Earl Roxburghe (age 44) and Jean Drummond Countess Roxburghe (age 29) were married at Somerset House [Map]. She, Jean, was the sister of his son-in-law John Drummond 2nd Earl Perth (age 26) who had married his daughter Jean Ker Countess Perth. The wedding was attended by the [his brother-in-law] King (age 47) and [his sister] Queen (age 39). There was a masque Hymen's Triumph written by Samuel Daniel.
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On 2nd March 1619 [his sister] Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 44) died.
On 14th October 1631 [his mother] Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark (age 74) died.
In 1643 [his son] Frederick III King of Denmark (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 14) were married. She the daughter of George Hanover Duke Brunswick-Lüneburg and Anne Eleonore Hesse Darmstadt Duchess Brunswick-Lüneburg (age 41). He the son of Christian IV King of Denmark (age 65). They were sixth cousins.
On 28th February 1648 Christian IV King of Denmark (age 70) died. His son Frederick (age 38) succeeded III King of Denmark. [his daughter-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark
Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
GrandFather: Christian III King of Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony
Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Father: Frederick II King of Denmark 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Christian IV King of Denmark 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg
Great x 1 Grandfather: Albrecht VII Duke Mecklenburg
GrandFather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert "Achilles" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Cicero" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Great x 2 Grandfather: Joachim "Nestor" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna Hohenzollern Duchess Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England