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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.
Dorothea of Brandenburg (1446 – March 1519) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg . Life. Dorothea was the eldest child of Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg (1413–1471) from his marriage to Catherine (1421–1476), daughter of Elector Frederick I of Saxony.
- 1446
- Catherine of Saxony
- Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
- John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (also counted IV)
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 ...
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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.
Apr 26, 2022 · Place of Burial: Roskilde, Danmark. Immediate Family: Daughter of Herzog Magnus I von Sachsen-Lauenburg and Duchess Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Wife of Christian III King of Denmark and Norway. Mother of Anna af Danmark; Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway; Magnus, Divine Gratia Rex Livoniae Dominus Esthoniae et Littiae; John ...
Biography. Born in Kolding, Dorothea was the youngest child of Christian III of Denmark-Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. She married William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg on 12 October 1561. When her husband died in 1592, she became regent for her under age son George.
When Dorothea von Sachsen Lauenburg was born on 9 July 1511, in Lauenburg an der Elbe, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, her father, Herzog Magnus I von Sachsen-Lauenburg, was 41 and her mother, Katherine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, was 24.
