Prince John of Denmark

Hans of Denmark (also called John of Denmark; 21 February 151811 August 1532) was the eldest child of King Christian II and Queen Isabella of Denmark and Norway.

Biography Born at Copenhagen Castle, Hans was named after his paternal grandfather, King Hans. Hans had two younger sisters, Dorothea, the future Electress of the Palatinate, and Christina, the future Duchess of Lorraine. As the eldest grandson of Philip the Handsome, he was to play a role in Habsburg politics, but died on 11 August at Charles V's house in Regensburg. He was buried in St. Peter's Abbey in Ghent, also in the Habsburg Netherlands, but his remains were exhumed and transported to St. Canute's Cathedral in Odense, Denmark, in 1883. He is portrayed as gifted and intelligent, capable of running a country.