Christoffer I and Margrethe Samberia

[norwegianne]

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.

[CyrilVladisla]

Portrait of King Christoffer
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[Blog Real]

Christoffer I's tomb at Ribe Cathedral.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...I_sarkofag.JPG

[An Ard Ri]

Margaret Sambiria is buried at Doberan Abbey in Mecklenburg and has survived the Reformation and 30 Years War.

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