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Dorothea was born 4 October 1563, the daughter of the Elector Augustus of Saxony (1526–1586) and his wife Anna (1532–1585), daughter of King Christian III of Denmark. Of the four 15 children from the marriage of her parents, only four survived their father; Dorothea among them. On 26 September 1585 in Wolfenbüttel, the twenty-two-year-old ...
Dorothea of Saxony (1563–1587) Princess of Saxony. Born on October 4, 1563; died on February 13, 1587; daughter of Anna of Denmark (1532–1585) and Augustus (1526–1586), elector of Saxony; married Heinrich Julius also known as Henry Julius, duke of Brunswick (r. 1589–1613), on September 26, 1585; children: Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1587–1609, who married Rudolf ...
The Female Consort as Intercessor in Sixteenth-Century Saxony; Borderline Sanctity: Dorothea of Montau, Günter Grass, and Pope Benedict XVI; Teaching Magna Carta in American History: Land, Law, and Legacy; The Vikings in Wales; Haraldr the Hard-Ruler and his poets
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571) Queen of Norway and Denmark. Name variations: Lüneburg or Luneburg. Born on July 9, 1511; died on October 7, 1571, in Sonderburg; daughter of Magnus, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1488–1563); married Christian III (1503–1559), king of Norway and Denmark (r. 1534 ...
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (9 July 1511 – 7 October 1571) was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state in Denmark.
Anna of Denmark (1532–1585)Princess of Denmark and electress of Saxony. Born on November 22, 1532; died on October 1, 1585; daughter of Christian III, king of Denmark and Norway (r. 1535–1559), and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571); married Augustus (1526–1586), elector of Saxony on October 7, 1584; children: Christian I (b. 1560 ...
Coat-of-arms of the House of Wettin, rulers in Saxony. Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg (26 June 1601 in Torgau – 10 April 1675 in Altenburg ), was a princess from the House of Wettin by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach .
