Editing John, King of Denmark (section)

===Death and burial===
[[File:John_of_Denmark,_Norway,_and_Sweden.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Face detail on a wall monument by [[Claus Berg]] near King John's grave]]
[[File:OdenseAltar.jpg|thumb|[[Altarpiece]] by [[Claus Berg]], now in [[St. Canute's Cathedral]].]]
In 1513, King John died at Aalborghus Castle a short time after being thrown from his horse. King John was buried in the church of the [[Franciscan]] [[friary]] in [[Odense]]. Queen Christina, who lived the latter part of her life in a [[nunnery]] in Odense, commissioned the famous German sculptor [[Claus Berg]] to create a magnificent burial chapel, where both she and her husband were laid to rest after her death in 1521. The [[International Gothic|late Gothic]] [[altarpiece]] [[carving|carved]] by Berg between 1515 and 1525 is one of Denmark's national treasures. Each of the three sections is intricately carved and [[gilding|gilded]]. It survived the [[iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] fervour of the [[Protestant Reformation]] perhaps because of its connection with the royal burials. The son of King John and Queen Christina, King Christian II, with his wife Isabella of Austria, was also interred in the royal family chapel. In 1807, the former Franciscan church was demolished, and Berg's altarpiece and six royal bodies were transferred to [[St. Canute's Cathedral]], also in Odense.