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Dorothea of Brandenburg 1430–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt. 1430

Birth Location: Brandenburg, Germany

Death Date: 10 NOV 1495

Death Location: Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark

Father: John, Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Mother:

Spouse(s): Christian Sweden

Children(s): Margaret Scotland, Frederick Norway, John, Sweden

In 1430, Dorothea of Brandenburg / entered the world in Brandenburg, Germany, born to John Margrave Of Brandenburg Kulmbach And Barbara Of Saxe Wittenberg. Dorothea of Brandenburg married Christian I King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, and had children including Frederick I King Of Denmark And Norway, John King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, Margaret Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland. Dorothea of Brandenburg / passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark.

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Biography

  • In 1430, Dorothea of Brandenburg // entered the world in Brandenburg, Germany, born to John Margrave Of Brandenburg Kulmbach And Barbara Of Saxe Wittenberg.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg // married Christian I King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, and had children including Frederick I King Of Denmark And Norway, John King Of Denmark Norway And Sweden, Margaret Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg // passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

John, Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Birth Location: –
JB

Spouses(s)

Christian Sweden
1426–1481
Birth Location: Oldenburg
CS

Children(s)

Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
Birth Location: Denmark
MS
Frederick Norway
1471–1533
Birth Location: Haderslevhus
FN
John, Sweden
1455–1513
Birth Location: Aalborg Castle
JS

Dorothea Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Birth Place: Brandenburg, Germany
Parents
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea Brandenburg's Descendants

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Dorothea (of) Brandenburg (abt. 1430–10 NOV 1495) m. Christian (I, King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (FEB 1426–21 MAY 1481)
  1. 1. Margaret (of Denmark, Queen of) Scotland 1456–1486 m. James (III of) Scotland 1451–1488
    1. 1. James (IV, King of Scotland) Stewart 1473–1513 m. Margaret, (Queen of Scots) Tudor 1489–1541 m. Margaret ((mistress)) Drummond 1475–1501 m. Marion (Boyd) (mistress) –1559 m. Janet Kennedy –1543
      1. 1. James (V, King of) Scotland 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Guise, Queen of) Scotland 1515–1560 m. Elizabeth Stewart –1564 m. Euphemia Elphinstone 1509–1542 m. Elizabeth Carmichael 1514–1550 m. Lady (Margaret) Erskine –1572
        1. 1. Mary,Queen (of) Scots 1542–1587 m. Francis (II, King of) France 1544–1560 m. Henry, (Lord Darnley) Stuart 1545–1567 m. James, (4th Earl of Bothwell) Hepburn 1534–1578
        2. 2. Adam Stewart –1575
        3. 3. Lady (Jean) Stewart –1587 m. Archibald, (5th Earl of Argyll) Campbell –1573
        4. 4. James, (Commendator of Kelso and Melrose) Stewart 1529–1557
        5. 5. Robert, (1st Earl of Orkney) Stewart 1533–1593 m. Lady (Janet) Kennedy –1598
        6. 6. John, (1st Lord Darnley) Stewart 1531–1563 m. Lady (Jean) Hepburn –1599
        7. 7. James, (1st Earl of Moray) Stewart 1531–1570 m. Lady (Anne Keith Countess of) Moray 1540–1588
      2. 2. Margaret (Jane) Stewart 1497–1517 m. Sir (John, 2nd of Innerpeffray) Drummond 1489–1531 m. John, (Lord Gordon) Gordon –1517 m. Alexander Stewart 1477–1537
        1. 1. Margaret Stewart –1539 m. David, (2nd Lord Drummond) Drummond –1571
        2. 2. Isabell Drummond 1531–1568
        3. 3. George, (4th Earl of Huntly) Gordon 1514–1562
        4. 4. Agnes Drummond 1531–1589 m. Hugh, (3rd Earl of Eglinton) Montgomerie 1531–1585
      3. 3. Catherine Stewart 1495–1554 m. James, (3rd Earl of Morton) Douglas –1548
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret) Douglas 1510–1579 m. James, (2nd Earl of Arran, Duke of Châtellerault) Hamilton 1519–1575
        2. 2. Lady (Beatrix) Douglas –1554 m. Robert, (5th Lord Maxwell) Maxwell 1510–1552
      4. 4. James, (1st Earl of Moray) Stewart 1501–1544 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Campbell –1544
      5. 5. Janet Stewart –1560 m. Malcolm, (3rd Lord Fleming) Fleming 1494–1547
        1. 1. James (Fleming 4th Lord) Fleming –1558
        2. 2. Margaret Fleming –1584 m. John, (4th Earl of Atholl) Stewart 1533–1579 m. Robert (Graham Lord) Graham –1547
    2. 2. James, (Duke of Ross) Stewart 1476–1504
  2. 2. Frederick (I, King of Denmark and) Norway 1471–1533 m. Anna (of) Brandenburg 1487–1514 m. Sophie (of Pomerania, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1498–1568
    1. 1. Elizabeth (of Denmark Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1524–1586 m. Ulrich (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603
      1. 1. Sophie (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631 m. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588
        1. 1. Anne (of Denmark Queen Consort of Scots, England and) Ireland 1574–1619 m. James (I of England (James VI of) Scotland) 1566–1625
        2. 2. Christian (IV, King of Denmark and) Norway 1577–1648 m. Anne (Catherine of Brandenburg, Queen consort of) Denmark 1575–1612
    2. 2. Christian (III, King of Denmark, King of) Norway 1503–1559 m. Dorothea (of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1511–1571
      1. 1. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588 m. Sophie (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631
      2. 2. John (II, Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1545–1622
        1. 1. Alexander, (Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1573–1627
      3. 3. Dorothea (of Denmark Duchess of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1546–1617 m. William (the Younger, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1535–1592
        1. 1. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1570–1649 m. Charles (I Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1560–1600
        2. 2. George, (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641 m. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659
    3. 3. Adolf, (Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1526–1586 m. Christine (of) Hesse 1543–1604
      1. 1. Anna (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1610 m. Enno (III, Count of East) Frisia 1563–1625
        1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Ostfriesland 1601–1634 m. Adolf (Frederick I, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1588–1658
      2. 2. Christina (of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of) Sweden 1573–1625
      3. 3. John (Adolf, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1616 m. Augusta (of Denmark, Duchess of) Holstein-Gottorp 1580–1639
        1. 1. Frederick (III, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1597–1659 m. Duchess (Marie Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684
  3. 3. John, (King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden 1455–1513 m. Christina (of) Saxony 1461–1521
    1. 1. Elizabeth (of Denmark Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555 m. Joachim (I Nestor Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535
      1. 1. Anna (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1507–1567 m. Albrecht (VII, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1486–1547
        1. 1. Ulrich (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1527–1603 m. Elizabeth (of Denmark Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1524–1586
      2. 2. Margaret (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Pomerania 1511–1577 m. John (V, Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1504–1551
        1. 1. Joachim (Ernest, Prince of) Anhalt 1536–1586 m. Eleonore (of) Württemberg 1552–1618
      3. 3. Joachim (II Hector Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571 m. Magdalena (of Saxony Electoral Princess of) Brandeburg 1507–1534 m. Hedwig (Jagiellon Electress of) Brandenburg 1513–1573
        1. 1. John (George, Elector of) Brandenburg 1525–1598 m. Sabina (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Sophie (of) Legnica 1525–1546 m. Elisabeth (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607

Dorothea Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1430
abt. 1430
Birth of Dorothea of Brandenburg // in Brandenburg, Germany
Brandenburg, Germany
1495
10 NOV 1495
Age 65
Death of Dorothea of Brandenburg // in Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark
Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt. 1430
    Event Place: Brandenburg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 NOV 1495
    Event Place: Kalundborg, Vestsjalland, Denmark
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