Editing John, King of Denmark (section)

==Issue==
In 1478, John married [[Christina of Saxony]], daughter of Elector [[Ernest, Elector of Saxony|Ernst of Saxony]] and [[Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony|Elisabeth of Bavaria]].<ref name="lagerqvist">{{Cite book |last=Lagerqvist |first=Lars O. |url=https://archive.org/details/kingsrulersofswe0000lage/page/32/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Kings and rulers of Sweden : a pocket encyclopedia |date=1995 |publisher=Vincent Publications |isbn=978-91-87064-15-9 |location=Stockholm |pages=32}}</ref> 

The Danish geneological tradition mentions five children of John and Christina:<ref name="q808">{{cite book | last=Rasmussen | first=Jørgen Nybo | title=Broder Jakob den Danske, kong Christian II's yngre broder | publisher=Odense universitetsforlag | publication-place=Odense | date=1986 | isbn=978-87-7492-583-5 | language=da | page=11|url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/927386.pdf}}</ref>

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!Name!!Birth!!Death!!Notes
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|Hans||1479||1480||died as a child
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|Ernst||1480||1480||died as a child
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|[[Christian II of Denmark|Christian II]]||1 July 1481||25 January 1559||King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Had issue.
|-
|[[Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg|Elizabeth]]||24 June 1485||10 June 1555||Married [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] in 1502. Had issue.
|-
|Francis||15 July 1497||1 April 1511||
|}

The ''Oldenburgisch Chronicon'' from 1599 cites sources mentioning additional sons named Johan and Jacob. Jørgen Nybo Rasmussen has argued that the latter can be identified as [[Jacobus de Dacia]] (1484–1566), a Franciscan friar who served as a missionary in Mexico.<ref>{{cite book | last=Rasmussen | first=Jørgen Nybo | title=Broder Jakob den Danske, kong Christian II's yngre broder | publisher=Odense universitetsforlag | publication-place=Odense | date=1986 | isbn=978-87-7492-583-5 | language=da | page=24}}</ref>

During the last decade of his life, John had a relationship with [[Edele Jernskjæg]] (died 1512).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-17 |title=Edele Jernskæg |url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Edele_Jernsk%C3%A6g |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |language=da}}</ref>