Christopher of Bavaria (died 1448)

Christopher of Bavaria

King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the Kalmar Union (1416–1448)

Christopher of Bavaria was King of Denmark, Sweden (1441–48) and Norway (1442–48) during the era of the Kalmar Union. He ruled after the Kalmar Union's King Erik of Pomerania was deposed. Early in his reign he put down two peasant rebellions in Funen and Jutland. He was disliked…