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Dorothea of Brandenburg 1430–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: c 1430/1431

Birth Location: Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire

Death Date: 10 Nov 1495

Death Location: Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark

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Spouse(s): Christian I

Children(s): Frederick Denmark,

Dorothea of Brandenburg was born in 1430 in Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire, the child of John Margrave Of Brandenburg Kulmbach And Barbara Of Saxe Wittenberg. Dorothea of Brandenburg married Christian King Of Denmark I, and had children including Frederick King Of Denmark. Dorothea of Brandenburg passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark.

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Biography

  • Dorothea of Brandenburg was born in 1430 in Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire, the child of John Margrave Of Brandenburg Kulmbach And Barbara Of Saxe Wittenberg.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg married Christian King Of Denmark I, and had children including Frederick King Of Denmark.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Christian I
1426–1481
Birth Location: Birkenfeld, Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Deutschland
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Children(s)

Frederick Denmark,
1471–1533
Birth Location: Haderslev, Haderslev Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
FD

Dorothea Brandenburg's Ancestors

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Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Birth Place: Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire
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Dorothea Brandenburg's Descendants

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Dorothea (of) Brandenburg (c 1430/1431–10 Nov 1495) m. Christian (King of Denmark) I (Feb 1426–21 May 1481)
  1. 1. Frederick (King of) Denmark, 1471–1533 m. Sophie (of) Pomerania 1498–1568 m. Anna (of) Brandenburg 1487–1514
    1. 1. Adolf (I of Femsburg Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Herzog von Schleswig Holstein) Gottorf 1526–1586 m. Christine (von) Hessen 1543–1604
      1. 1. Sophie (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf 1569–1634 m. Johann (VII Duke of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1558–1598
        1. 1. Johann (Albrecht von Mecklenburg Schwerin) II 1590–1636 m. Margarethe (Elisabeth Princess of Mecklenburg) Schwerin 1584–1616
        2. 2. Adolf (Friedrich I von) MECKLENBURG-SCHWERIN 1588–1658 m. Anna (Maria Cirksena of East) Frisia 1601–1634 m. Maria (Katharina Welf of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1616–1665
        3. 3. Anna (Sophia of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1591–1648
        4. 4. Adolf (Frederick I Mecklenburg) Schwerin 1588–1658
    2. 2. Christian (King of Denmark,) III 1503–1559
    3. 3. Dorothea (of) Denmark 1504–1547
    4. 4. John (Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev) II 1503–1580
    5. 5. Elizabeth (of) Denmark 1524–1586
    6. 6. Anna (of) Denmark 1527–1535
    7. 7. Dorothea (of) Denmark 1528–1575
    8. 8. Frederick (Bishop of Hildesheim and) Schleswig 1532–1556

Dorothea Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1430
c 1430/1431
Birth of Dorothea of Brandenburg in Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire
Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire
1495
10 Nov 1495
Age 65
Death of Dorothea of Brandenburg in Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark
Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: c 1430/1431
    Event Place: Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Holy Roman Empire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1495
    Event Place: Kalundborg Slots Ladegård, Vestsjalland, Denmark
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