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Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg, by Georg David Matthieu, 1765. Born in Schwerin , she was the only daughter of Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , second son of Christian Louis II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , and Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld .
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Sofie Luise; 6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735) was Queen consort in Prussia by marriage to King Frederick I of Prussia. She was famed for her beauty. Life. Sophia Louise was the fourth child of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow, and Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg.
Sophia of Mecklenburg (1758–1794) Princess of Denmark. Name variations: Sophia Fredericka; Sophia Frederica; Sofie Frederikke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Born Sophia Fredericka on August 24, 1758; died on November 29, 1794; daughter of Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731–1810); married Frederick ...
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Born in Wismar, she was the daughter of Duke Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Princess Elizabeth of Denmark (a daughter of Frederick I and Sophie of Pomerania). Through her father, a grandson of Elizabeth of Denmark, she descended from King John of Denmark, the brother of Frederick I. Like Ulrich, she had a great love of knowledge. Later, she ...
At the age of fourteen Sophie, on 20 July 1572, married Frederick II of Denmark in Copenhagen; he was thirty-eight. She was crowned the following day. They were first half-cousins, through their grandfather, Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway. They met at Nykøbing Castle, when it had been arranged for the king to meet with Margaret of Pomerani...
Regency
Queen Sophie had no political power during the lifetime of her spouse. When her underage son Christian IV became king in 1588, she was given no place in the regency council in Denmark itself. From 1590, however, she acted as regent for the duchies of Schleswig-Holsteinfor her son. She organized a grand funeral for her spouse, arranged for the dowries for her daughters and for her own allowance, all independently and against the will of the council. She engaged in a power struggle with the reg...
Landowner and successful entrepreneur
As dowager-queen, Sophie was entitled to 'Dowager-pension' (Danish: Livgeding, lit. 'support of life') as well as the castles that comprised her morning gift. These vast estates included Denmark's fourth-largest island Lolland, and the neighbouring island Falster, on which the castle of Nykøbing was situated, which she also received. She also received Aalholm Castle, Halsted Priory, Vennerslund, Ravnsborg, and the fiefs belonging thereto. She succeeded in obtaining 30,000 rigsdaler from her l...
Political influence as widow
Because of her great wealth, Dowager Queen Sophie was able to exercise considerable influence on both Danish domestic affairs and the international politics of Northern Europe during the reign of her son, Christian IV (reigned 1596–1648). During a period from the death of her husband in 1588 until her death forty-three years later, she was active in the political life of Denmark. The queen dowager maintained a constant awareness of the current political developments in Europe and in the empir...
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- Roskilde Cathedral
- 4 September 1557, Wismar
- 14 October 1631 (aged 74), Nykøbing Castle, Falster
7 de may. de 2019 · Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ernest married Sophia, daughter of Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Ursula of Brandenburg, on 2 June 1528 in Schwerin.
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5 de ago. de 2015 · Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 6 May 1685 as the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow and Christina Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg. Not much is known of her youth. On 28 November 1708, she married Frederick I of Prussia as, his third wife. He was almost 30 years older than her.
Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 August 1758 – 29 November 1794) was a Princess and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and by marriage Hereditary Princess of Denmark and Norway.
