Christopher of Bavaria

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Christopher
King of Denmark (more...)
Reign	9 April 1440 – 5 January 1448
Coronation	1 January 1443 Ribe Cathedral
Predecessor	Eric VII
Successor	Christian I
King of Sweden
Reign	1441 – 5 January 1448
Coronation	13 September 1441 in Uppsala
Predecessor	Eric XIII
Successor	Charles VIII
King of Norway
Reign	June 1442 – 5 January 1448
Coronation	2 July 1442 in Oslo
Predecessor	Eric III
Successor	Charles I
Count of Palatinate-Neumarkt
Reign	1443–1448
Predecessor	John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
Successor	Wolfgang of the Palatinate
Born	26 February 1416 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Died	5/6 January 1448(1448-01-06) (aged 31) Helsingborg
Burial	Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde
Spouse	Dorothea of Brandenburg ​ ​ (m. 1445)​
House	Palatinate-Neumarkt
Father	John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt
Mother	Catherine of Pomerania

Christopher of Bavaria (German: Christoph von Pfalz-Neumarkt; Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer af/av Bayern; Swedish Kristofer av Bayern; 26 February 1416 – 5/6 January 1448), was King of Denmark (1440–48, as Christopher III), Sweden (1441–48) and Norway (1442–48) during the era of the Kalmar Union.^[1]