Christoffer I and Margrethe Samberia
 

Name: Christoffer I

Birth: 1219

Child of:Valdemar II Sejr, and Berengaria of Portugal

Reign: 1252–59

Marriage: Margrete Sambiria

Children: Erik Klipping, Valdemar, Niels, Mechtild, Margrete

Death: 29. May 1259

Throne passed to: Erik Klipping

Notes:
Worked at getting his older brother, Erik Plovpenning, declared a saint, thus proving his other brother Abel killed him, to prevent his nephew Valdemar, son of Abel, to inherit the throne.