Francis of Denmark

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Francis of Denmark

Sculpture of Prince Francis from the altarpiece by Claus Berg at St. Canute's Cathedral, Odense (c. 1530)

Born| 15 July 1497
Died| 1 April 1511(1511-04-01) (aged 13)
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St. Canute's Cathedral

House| House of Oldenburg
Father| John, King of Denmark
Mother| Christina of Saxony

Francis of Denmark (15 July 1497 – 1 April 1511), was a prince of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the youngest son of King John of Denmark and Christina of Saxony. He died of the plague at the age of 13.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Francis of Denmark

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| 8\. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg|

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| 17\. Agnes of Hohnstein-Heringen

| 4\. Christian I of Denmark|

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| 18\. Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg

| 9\. Hedvig of Holstein|

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| 19\. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 2\. John of Denmark|

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| 20\. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

| 10\. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|

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| 21\. Elisabeth of Bavaria

| 5\. Dorothea of Brandenburg|

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| 22\. Rudolph III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

| 11\. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg|

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| 23\. Barbara of Legnica

| 1\. Prince Francis of Denmark|
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| 24\. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

| 12\. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony|

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| 25\. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 6\. Ernest, Elector of Saxony|

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| 26\. Ernest, Duke of Austria

| 13\. Margaret of Austria|

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| 27\. Cymburgis of Masovia

| 3\. Christina of Saxony|

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| 28\. Ernest, Duke of Bavaria

| 14\. Albert III, Duke of Bavaria|

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| 29\. Elisabetta Visconti

| 7\. Elisabeth of Bavaria|

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| 30\. Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

| 15\. Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck|

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| 31\. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen

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