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Christina Charlotte Oldenburg

18 Jan 1679 – 1689

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A life in time

  1. 18 Jan 1679

    Born

  2. 1689

    Dies

Family

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Parents

During her lifetime

She lived through 2 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1670s · Christina is born

In the news1676

Battle of Lund fought in 1676

During the Skåne War, a bloody battle at Lund on 4 December 1676 resulted in the deaths of approximately 6,000 men.

At the table

Common breakfast of beer porridge

A common breakfast for many, including school children, consisted of warm beer and bread porridge, sometimes served with butter.

What people wore

Everyday clothing colors and materials

Peasant men wore non-dyed, greyish homespun clothes for everyday work, while women typically wore black or dark blue daily garments. Both genders commonly wore clogs for both everyday and festive activities.

Getting around

Cost of travel and accommodation

For official travel, the cost of an overnight stay with meals was 17 skilling, equivalent to what a good worker earned in two weeks of labor on Copenhagen's fortifications.

What it cost

Rye bread price in the 1600s

In the 1600s, a pound of rye bread typically cost 1 to 2 skilling, though prices could rise significantly during grain shortages.

Music

Minuet arrives in Denmark

The minuet began to establish itself as a fashionable dance in Denmark around 1667, appearing in wedding poetry.

Daily life

Limited and Specialized Schooling

Schooling was not universal; in rural areas, children often only attended school in winter, while in places like Nyboder, boys were trained as future naval workers with rye as part of their pay.