Christina of Denmark. Christina of Denmark was a Danish princess, the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria.
She became the duchess-consort of Milan, then duchess-consort of Lorraine. Sebastian Bourdon's portrait of Christina shows her in three-quarter view, looking directly at the viewer.
She is dressed in rich, dark clothing, indicative of her status, and wears a pearl necklace and a feather in her hat. The portrait is known for its realism and dignity.
She appears in Carl Gustaf Hellqvist's Queen Christina's Abdication, where she is shown in relation to symbols of power and authority. She served as the regent of Lorraine from 1545 to 1552 during the minority of her son.
She was also a claimant to the thrones of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1561-1590. Finally, she was sovereign Lady of Tortona in 1578-1584. Christina was born in Nyborg in central Denmark in 1521. In January 1523, nobles rebelled against her father and offered the throne to his uncle, Duke Frederick of Holstein. Christina and her sister and brother followed their parents into exile in April of the same year, to Veere in Zeeland, the Netherlands, and were raised by the Dutch regents, their grandaunt and aunt, Margaret of Austria and Mary of Hungary. Her mother died on 19 January 1526. In 1532, her father Christian II of Denmark was imprisoned in Denmark after an attempt to ret
She became the duchess-consort of Milan, then duchess-consort of Lorraine. Sebastian Bourdon's portrait of Christina shows her in three-quarter view, looking directly at the viewer.
She is dressed in rich, dark clothing, indicative of her status, and wears a pearl necklace and a feather in her hat. The portrait is known for its realism and dignity.
She appears in Carl Gustaf Hellqvist's Queen Christina's Abdication, where she is shown in relation to symbols of power and authority. She served as the regent of Lorraine from 1545 to 1552 during the minority of her son.
She was also a claimant to the thrones of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1561-1590. Finally, she was sovereign Lady of Tortona in 1578-1584. Christina was born in Nyborg in central Denmark in 1521. In January 1523, nobles rebelled against her father and offered the throne to his uncle, Duke Frederick of Holstein. Christina and her sister and brother followed their parents into exile in April of the same year, to Veere in Zeeland, the Netherlands, and were raised by the Dutch regents, their grandaunt and aunt, Margaret of Austria and Mary of Hungary. Her mother died on 19 January 1526. In 1532, her father Christian II of Denmark was imprisoned in Denmark after an attempt to ret
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