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Sophia Hedwig became the object of marriage prospects early on and was betrothed three times. As a child, she became engaged to her cousin, John George IV, Elector of Saxony . This was in line with the traditional policy of dynastic marriage between Denmark and Saxony which had at that point become a tradition.
As was the custom, Sophia Hedwig lived with her mother until her mothers death in 1714, and after this at the court of her brother the king. Among her ladies-in-waiting was Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg , who would in 1701 be the lover of her reigning brother the King and, in 1703, his wife by bigamy.
Sophia was the daughter of Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1564–1613) and his second wife Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1573–1625), the eldest daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark. On 8 June 1607, Sophie Hedwig married Count Ernest Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1573–1632). Regency. When she was widowed, Sophia took up ...
Between 1697 and 1699, there was a Danish policy to create an alliance with Sweden through a double wedding between Charles XII of Sweden and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, and Prince Charles of Denmark and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (after the marriage of Hedvig Sophia of Sweden in 1698, she was replaced by Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden).
Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian V. Although she did not have much political influence, she was a successful businesswoman in her many estates and protected foreign Protestant non- Lutherans from oppression.
31 de jul. de 2022 · Sophia Hedwig was betrothed three times first to John George IV, Elector of Saxony, then Joseph I, H Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark (28 August 1677 13 March 1735) was a Danish princess, the daughter of King Christian V and his queenconsort, Charlotte Amalie of HesseKassel (or HesseCassel).
Biography. Dorothea was born in Glücksburg and raised in Glücksburg Castle.She could claim royal blood through her descent from her great-grandfather King Christian III of Denmark, but her parents were of lower rank: Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg.
