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Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1430–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany

Death Date: 10 NOV 1495

Death Location: Kalundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark

Father: Johan Iv

Mother: Princess Wittenburg

Spouse(s): Thomas Denmark

Children(s): Margarete Scotland

Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach was born in 1430 in Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany, the child of Johan Iv Van Hohenzollern Markgraaf Van Brandenburg Kulmbach En Brandenburg Bayreuth Iv And Princess Barbara Of Sachsen Wittenburg. Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach married Thomas Christiaan I Van Oldenburg King Of Sweden Norway And Denmark, and had children including Margarete Oldenburg Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland. Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark.

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  • Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach was born in 1430 in Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany, the child of Johan Iv Van Hohenzollern Markgraaf Van Brandenburg Kulmbach En Brandenburg Bayreuth Iv And Princess Barbara Of Sachsen Wittenburg.
  • Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach married Thomas Christiaan I Van Oldenburg King Of Sweden Norway And Denmark, and had children including Margarete Oldenburg Of Denmark Queen Of Scotland.
  • Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach passed away in 1495 in Kalundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johan Iv
1406–1464
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
JI
Princess Wittenburg
1405–1465
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
PW

Spouses(s)

Thomas Denmark
1426–1481
Birth Location: Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
TD

Children(s)

Margarete Scotland
1456–1486
Birth Location: København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
MS

Dorothea Brandenburg-Kulmbach's Ancestors

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Dorothea Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1430–1495
Birth Place: Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany
Parents
Johan IV van Hohenzollern Markgraaf van Brandenburg-Kulmbach en Brandenburg-Bayreuth Iv
1406–1464
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Princess (Barbara of Sachsen) Wittenburg
1405–1465
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea Brandenburg-Kulmbach's Descendants

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Dorothea (von) Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1430–10 NOV 1495) m. Thomas (Christiaan, I van Oldenburg; King of Sweden, Norway and) Denmark (1 February 1426–21 May 1481)
  1. 1. Margarete (Oldenburg of Denmark Queen of) Scotland 1456–1486 m. James (III Stewart, King Of Scotland) III 1451–1488
    1. 1. James (IV Stewart, King Of) Scots 1473–1513 m. Margaret Drummond 1475–1501
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Jane) Stewart 1497–1517 m. Lord (John) Gordon 1462–1517
        1. 1. George (Gordon, 4th Earl of) Huntly 1514–1562
        2. 2. Isabell Drummond 1531–1568

Dorothea Brandenburg-Kulmbach's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach in Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany
Brandenburg West, Brandenburg, Germany
1495
10 NOV 1495
Age 65
Death of Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach in Kalundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark
Kalundborg Slot, Kalundborg, Holbaek, Denmark

Sources

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

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