Background
Christina was the younger surviving daughter of King Christian II of Denmark and Norway and Isabella of Austria, sister of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. She was born in Nyborg in central Denmark in 1521. She left Denmark at her father's deposition in 1523 and was raised in the Netherlands.
On 4 May 1534 Christina was married by proxy to Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan, who died in 1535 leaving her widowed when she was fourteen. She and Francesco had no children.
After the death of her first husband Francesco Sforza, Christina went to live at the court of her aunt, the Governor of the Netherlands, Dowager Queen Mary of Hungary. Christina was a favorite of Mary.
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