Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent
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Saint Peter's Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ghent, Belgium, now a museum and exhibition centre.
Saint Peter's Abbey
Our Lady of Saint Peter's Church
Central nave designed by Pieter Huyssens
Interior
Christian II of Denmark
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Christian II, was a monarch under the Kalmar Union, reigning as King of Denmark and Norway from 1513 until 1523. He was briefly King of Sweden from 1520 until 1521. As king of Denmark, he was concurre
Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent
…Austria was buried at St. Peter's from her death in 1526 until 1883, when her remains were transferred to Odense Cathedral to lay alongside her husband Christian II of Denmark. Also transferred in 1883 were the remains of her son John, who died in 1532. 17th-century Western domes…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1523
Christian's parents, King John and Queen Christina
Isabella of Austria, Christian's wife.
Christian and Isabella depicted on an altarpiece in Elsinore.