Brief Life History of Hans
When King Hans Von Oldenburg of Denmark, Norway and Sweden was born on 2 February 1455, in Ålborg, Vor Frue, Ålborghus, Denmark, his father, Christian 1. af Danmark Konge af Danmark, was 29 and his mother, Dorothea von Kulmbach-Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, was 24. He married Christina von Sachsen on 6 September 1478, in Copenhagen, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 20 February 1513, in his hometown, at the age of 58, and was buried in Denmark.
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- John, "United States, Wikipedia, Prominent Persons Index, 1500-2022"
- da.Wikipedia Hans af Danmark
- Hans Oldenburg's Bio
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Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish: Hans; né Johannes[1]) (2 February 1455[citation needed] – 20 February 1513) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1481–1513), …
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