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.
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