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King of Denmark
Christopher
King of Denmark
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Reign
9 April 1440 – 5 January 1448
Coronation
1 January 1443 Ribe Cathedral
Predecessor
Eric VII
Successor
Christian I
King of Sweden
Reign
1441 – 5 January 1448
Coronation
13 September 1441 in Uppsala
Predecessor
Eric XIII
Successor
Charles VIII
King of Norway
Reign
June 1442 – 5 January 1448
Coronation
2 July 1442 in Oslo
Predecessor
Eric III
Successor
Charles I
Count of Palatinate-Neumarkt
Reign
1443–1448
Predecessor
John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
Successor
Wolfgang of the Palatinate
Born
26 February 1416 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Died
5/6 January 1448(1448-01-06) (aged 31) Helsingborg
Burial
Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde
Spouse
Dorothea of Brandenburg
(m. 1445)
House
Palatinate-Neumarkt
Father
John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
Mother
Catherine of Pomerania
Christopher of Bavaria (German: Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt; Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer af/av Bayern; Swedish Kristofer av Bayern; 26 February 1416 – 5/6 January 1448), was King of Denmark (1440–48, as Christopher III), Sweden (1441–48) and Norway (1442–48) during the era of the Kalmar Union.[1]
^"Christoffer 3 af Bayern 1416-48". Aarhus University. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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