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Princess Dorothea of Denmark (29 June 1546 – 6 January 1617) was the Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1561 until 1592 as the consort of Duke William the Younger. [1] . She was regent for her son George from 1592 to 1596. Biography. Born in Kolding, Dorothea was the youngest child of Christian III of Denmark-Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg.
- 6 January 1617 (aged 70), Winsen
- William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 January 1570 – 15 August 1649) was a daughter of Duke William "the younger" of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She married Count Palatine Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. They had four children:
- 1 January 1570
- House of Guelph
- 15 August 1649 (aged 79)
- Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Early Years
- Elevation of Birth Status and Marriage
- Affair with Königsmarck
- Divorce and Imprisonment
- Death and Burial
- Inheritance
Born in Celle on 15 September 1666, Sophia Dorothea was the only surviving daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, by his morganatic wife Eléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639–1722), Lady of Harburg, a French Huguenotnoblewoman. Sophia Dorothea appears to have grown up in a carefree and loving environment. Her father transferred large a...
After the death of his daughter's fiancé, George William sought to negotiate an agreement on the inheritance of the Duchy of Lüneburg. He initially approached his younger brother Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, to arrange a marriage between Sophia Dorothea and Ernest Augustus's eldest son George Louis, the future King George I of Gr...
Around 1690, Sophia Dorothea was reunited with the Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, whom she had known in her childhood when he was a page at the court of Celle. At first, their meetings were brief and sporadic, but this probably changed in 1691. Initially, their closeness went unnoticed, but eventually the preference that Sophia Dor...
George Louis demanded a legal separation from his wife, citing her as sole culprit on grounds of desertion. During the divorce proceedings, he had Sophia Dorothea placed under arrest in Lauenau Castle. On 28 December 1694, the dissolution of the marriage was pronounced, and Sophia Dorothea was named as the guilty party for "maliciously leaving her ...
The death of her mother in 1722 left Sophia Dorothea alone. When Sophia Dorothea's daughter, the Queen in Prussia, travelled to Hanover in 1725 to see her father, by then King George I of Great Britain, Sophia Dorothea, dressed even more carefully than usual, waited every day at the window of her residence, hoping in vain to see her daughter. Sophi...
Sophia Dorothea's parents seem to have believed to the last that their daughter would one day be released. In January 1705, shortly before her father's death, he and his wife drew up a joint will, under which their daughter was to receive the estates of Ahlden, Rethem and Walsrode, extensive estates in France, and Celle, her father's fortune and he...
- May 1727, Stadtkirche, Celle
- Hanover
Brief Life History of Dorothea. When Princess Dorothea of Denmark Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 29 June 1546, in Kolding, Vejle, Denmark, her father, King Christian III of Denmark, was 42 and her mother, Dorothea von Sachsen Lauenburg, was 34.
Dorotea de Dinamarca y Noruega ( Kolding, 29 de junio de 1546- Celle, 6 de enero de 1617) fue una princesa dano - noruega por nacimiento, y duquesa de Brunswick-Luneburgo desde 1561 hasta 1592 como la consorte del duque Guillermo el Joven. Fue regente de su hijo, Jorge, entre 1592 y 1596. Biografía.
- Stadtkirche St. Marien
- Alemana, danesa y noruega
Princess Dorothea of Denmark (29 June 1546 – 6 January 1617) was the Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1561 until 1592 as the consort of Duke William the Younger. She was regent for her son George from 1592 to 1596. Danish Royalty. House of Oldenburg. Main Line. Christian III. Children. Anne, Electress of Saxony. Frederick II.
Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Hanover (1687–1757) Queen of Prussia. Name variations: Sophia Guelph; Sophia Dorothea Hanover; Sophia Dorothea of England. Born on March 16 (or 26), 1687 (some sources cite 1685), in Hanover, Germany; died on June 29, 1757, in Monbijou Palace, near Berlin, Germany; buried in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany;
