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Dorothea of Denmark 1546–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Jun 1546

Birth Location: Kolding

Death Date: 06 Jan 1617

Death Location: Winsen

Father: Christian Denmark

Mother: Dorothea Saxe-Lauenburg

Spouse(s): William Brunswick-Lüneburg

Children(s): Georg Brunswick-Lüneburg, Dorothea Brunswick-Lüneburg, Clara Brunswick-Lüneburg, Margaret Brunswick-Lüneburg, Sophie Brunswick-Lüneburg, Sybille Brunswick-Lüneburg

Dorothea of Denmark was born in 1546 in Kolding, the child of Christian Iii Of Denmark And Dorothea Of Saxe Lauenburg. Dorothea of Denmark married William The Younger Wilhelm Der Jungere Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Clara Of Brunswick Luneburg, Dorothea Of Brunswick Luneburg, Georg Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Margaret Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sophie Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sybille Of Brunswick Luneburg. Dorothea of Denmark passed away in 1617 in Winsen.

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Biography

  • Dorothea of Denmark was born in 1546 in Kolding, the child of Christian Iii Of Denmark And Dorothea Of Saxe Lauenburg.
  • Dorothea of Denmark married William The Younger Wilhelm Der Jungere Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Clara Of Brunswick Luneburg, Dorothea Of Brunswick Luneburg, Georg Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Margaret Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sophie Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sybille Of Brunswick Luneburg.
  • Dorothea of Denmark passed away in 1617 in Winsen.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christian Denmark
1503–1559
Birth Location: Gottorf
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Dorothea Saxe-Lauenburg
1511–1571
Birth Location: Château de Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
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Spouses(s)

William Brunswick-Lüneburg
1535–1592
Birth Location: –
WB

Children(s)

Georg Brunswick-Lüneburg
1582–1641
Birth Location: Celle
GB
Dorothea Brunswick-Lüneburg
1570–1649
Birth Location: –
DB
Clara Brunswick-Lüneburg
1571–1658
Birth Location: –
CB
Margaret Brunswick-Lüneburg
1573–1643
Birth Location: Celle
MB
Sophie Brunswick-Lüneburg
1563–1639
Birth Location: –
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Sybille Brunswick-Lüneburg
1584–1652
Birth Location: –
SB

Dorothea Denmark's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Denmark
1546–1617
Birth Place: Kolding
Parents
Christian III of Denmark
1503–1559
Gottorf
Dorothea (of) Saxe-Lauenburg
1511–1571
Château de Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Grandparents
Frederick (I of) Denmark
1471–1533
Anna (of) Brandenburg
1487–1514
Berlin
Duke (of Saxe-Lauenburg Magnus) I
1470–1543
Catherine (of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1488–1563
Great-Grandparents
Christian Denmark
1426–1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Johann Brandenburg
1455–1499
Margaret Thuringia
1449–1501
Duke V
1439–1507
Dorothea Brandenburg
1446–1519
Heinrich Brunswick-Lüneburg
1463–1514
Catherine Pomerania
1465–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dietrich Oldenburg
1398–1440
Helvig Schauenburg
1398–1436
John Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Barbara Saxe-Wittenberg
1405–1465
Albert Brandenburg
1414–1486
Anna Saxony
1437–1512
Wilhelm Thuringia
1425–1482
Anna Habsburg
1432–1462
Duke II
1385–1463
Adelheid Pomerania-Stolp
1410–1445
Elector II
1413–1471
Catherine Saxony
1421–1476
Wilhelm Brunswick-Lüneburg
1425–1503
Elisabeth Stolberg-Wernigerode
1438–1520
Duke II
–1474
Sophia Pomerania-Stolp
1435–1497

Dorothea Denmark's Descendants

1.
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Dorothea (of) Denmark (29 Jun 1546–06 Jan 1617) m. William (the Younger (Wilhelm der Jüngere) Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg (04 Jul 1535–20 Aug 1592)
  1. 1. Georg (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641 m. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659
    1. 1. Georg (Wilhelm Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624–1705 m. Eléonore (Marie d'Esmier) d'Olbreuse 1639–1722
      1. 1. Sophia (Dorothea of) Celle 1666–1726 m. George (King of Great Britain and Ireland) I 1660–1727
        1. 1. Sophia (Dorothea of) Hanover 1687–1757 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm von Preussen) I 1688–1740
        2. 2. George (King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover)) II 1683–1760 m. Wilhelmina (Charlotte Caroline of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1683–1737
    2. 2. Ernest (Augustus Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629–1698 m. Sophia (du) Palatinat 1630–1714 m. Clara (Elisabeth von) Meisenburg 1648–1700
      1. 1. George (King of Great Britain and Ireland) I 1660–1727 m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Celle 1666–1726
      2. 2. Sophia (Charlotte of) Hanover 1668–1705 m. Friedrich (von Preussen) I 1657–1713
        1. 1. Friedrich (Wilhelm von Preussen) I 1688–1740 m. Sophia (Dorothea of) Hanover 1687–1757
      3. 3. Charlotte (Sophia von) Platen-Hallermund 1673–1726 m. Johann (Adolf von) Kielmansegge 1668–1717
        1. 1. Mary (Sophia Charlotte) Kielmansegge –1782 m. Emanuel (Scrope) Howe 1699–1735
    3. 3. Johann (Friedrich Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1625–1679 m. Bénédicte (Henriette de) Wittelsbach 1652–1730
      1. 1. Wilhelmine (Amalie de) Brunswick-Lunebourg 1673–1742 m. Holy (Roman Emperor Joseph) I 1678–1711
        1. 1. Maria (Josepha of) Austria 1699–1757 m. Augustus (III of) Poland 1696–1763
        2. 2. Maria (Amalia of) Austria 1701–1756 m. Holy (Roman Emperor Charles) VII 1697–1745
      2. 2. Charlotte-Felicité (de) Brunswick-Calenberg 1671–1710 m. Rinaldo (d'Este) III 1655–1737
        1. 1. Francesco (III Maria) d'Este 1698–1780 m. Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans 1700–1761
        2. 2. Enrichetta (Anna Sophia) d'Este 1702–1777 m. Antonio Farnese 1679–1731 m. Leopold (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1708–1764
    4. 4. Sophie (Amalie of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1628–1685 m. Frederick (III of) Denmark 1609–1670
      1. 1. Frederica (Amalia of) Denmark 1649–1704 m. Christian (Albrecht Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1641–1695
        1. 1. Christian (August of) Holstein-Gottorp 1673–1726 m. Albertina (Federica of) Baden-Durlach 1682–1755
        2. 2. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Friedrich) IV 1671–1702 m. Hedvig (Sophia of) Sweden 1681–1708
      2. 2. Anna (Sophie of) Denmark 1647–1717 m. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) III 1647–1691
        1. 1. Augustus (II the Strong King of) Poland 1670–1733 m. Christiane (Eberhardine of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671–1727 m. Maria (Aurora von) Königsmarck 1662–1728
      3. 3. Ulrika (Eleonora of) Denmark 1656–1693 m. Charles (XI of) Sweden 1655–1697
        1. 1. Hedvig (Sophia of) Sweden 1681–1708 m. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Friedrich) IV 1671–1702
      4. 4. Christian (V of) Denmark 1646–1699 m. Charlotte (Amalie of) Hesse-Kassel 1650–1714
        1. 1. Frederick (IV of) Denmark 1671–1730 m. Louise (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1667–1721 m. Anne (Sophie Reventlow af) Reventlow 1693–1743 m. Elisabeth (Hélène von) Vieregg 1679–1704
      5. 5. George (of) Denmark 1653–1708 m. Anne (Queen of Great) Britain 1665–1714
  2. 2. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1570–1649 m. Count (Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Charles) I 1560–1600
    1. 1. Sophie (Magdalene von) Wittelsbach 1593–1676 m. Crato ((Kraft) of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein) VII 1582–1641
      1. 1. Eleonore (Klara of) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1632–1709 m. Gustav (Adolph Count of) Nassau-Saarbrücken 1632–1677
        1. 1. Louis Crato 1663–1713 m. Philippine (Henriette of) Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1679–1751
        2. 2. Sophia (Amalia of) Nassau-Saarbrücken 1666–1736 m. Albert (Wolfgang Count of) Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1659–1715
      2. 2. Anna (Dorothea von) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1621–1643 m. Joachim (Ernst von) Öttingen-Öttingen 1612–1658
        1. 1. Prince (of Öttingen Albrecht Ernst) I 1642–1683 m. Christine (Friedericke of) Württemberg 1644–1674
        2. 2. Marie (Dorothea Sofie of) Öttingen 1639–1698 m. Duke (of Württemberg Eberhard) III 1614–1674
      3. 3. Johann (Friedrich of) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1617–1702 m. Louise (Amone von) Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg 1642–1685
        1. 1. Johann (Friedrich of) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1683–1765 m. Dorothea (Sophie von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1689–1723
        2. 2. Auguste (Friederike zu) Hohenlohe 1677–1772 m. Christian (Albert von) Wolfstein 1672–1740
      4. 4. Charlotta (Suzanna Maria zu) Hohenlohe 1626–1668 m. Ludwig (Wirich) Lewenhaupt 1622–1668
        1. 1. Carl (Julius) Lewenhaupt –1726
        2. 2. Gustaf (Fredrik) Lewenhaupt 1658–1723 m. Anna (Catharina) Lewenhaupt 1661–1740
        3. 3. Adam (Ludvig) Lewenhaupt 1659–1719 m. Brita (Dorothea) Lewenhaupt 1663–1730
    2. 2. Count (Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Christian) I 1598–1654 m. Magdalena (Catherine of) Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1607–1648
      1. 1. Anna (Magdalena of) Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1640–1693 m. Count (of Hanau-Lichtenberg Johann Reinhard) II 1628–1666
        1. 1. Count (of Hanau-Lichtenberg Johann Reinhard) III 1665–1736 m. Dorothea (Friederike of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1676–1731
        2. 2. Johanne (Magdalene Gräfin von) Hanau-Lichtenberg 1660–1715 m. Johann (Karl August Graf zu) Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim 1662–1698
      2. 2. Count (Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Christian) II 1637–1717 m. Katharina (Agathe von) Rappoltstein 1648–1683
        1. 1. Count (Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Christian) III 1674–1735 m. Caroline (of) Nassau-Saarbrücken 1704–1774
      3. 3. Johann (Karl Count Palatine of) Gelnhausen 1638–1704 m. Sophie (Amalie of) Zweibrücken 1646–1695 m. Esther (Maria von) Witzleben 1666–1725
        1. 1. Johann (von) Wittelsbach 1698–1780 m. Sophie (Charlotte zu) Salm 1719–1770
        2. 2. Sophie (Marie von) Wittelsbach 1702–1761 m. Heinrich (XXV) Reuss 1681–1748
      4. 4. Dorothea (Catherina of) Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1634–1715 m. Johann (Ludwig Count of) Nassau-Ottweiler 1625–1690
        1. 1. Friedrich (Ludwig Count of) Nassau-Ottweiler 1651–1728 m. Christiane (von) Ahlefeldt 1659–1695
        2. 2. Anna (Katharina Gräfin von) Nassau-Ottweiler 1653–1731 m. Wild- (und Rheingraf von Salm-Dhaun Johann Philipp) II 1645–1693
    3. 3. Georg (Wilhelm Pfalzgraf von) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1591–1669 m. Dorothea (von) Solms-Sonnenwalde 1586–1625
      1. 1. Maria (Magdalena von) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1622–1689 m. Count (of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Anton Günther) I 1620–1666
        1. 1. Prince (of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Christian Wilhelm) I 1647–1721 m. Antonie (Sybille of) Barby-Mühlingen 1641–1684 m. Wilhelmine (Christiane of) Saxe-Weimar 1658–1712
        2. 2. Anna (Dorothea von) Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1645–1716 m. Heinrich (IV) Reuss 1650–1686
  3. 3. Clara (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1571–1658 m. Graf (zu Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen Wilhelm) I 1534–1597
  4. 4. Margaret (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1573–1643 m. John (Casimir Duke of) Saxe-Coburg 1564–1633
  5. 5. Sophie (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1563–1639 m. George (Frederick Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1539–1603
  6. 6. Sybille (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1584–1652 m. Julius (Ernst of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1571–1636

Dorothea Denmark's Timeline

2 Records

1546
29 Jun 1546
Birth of Dorothea of Denmark in Kolding
Kolding
1617
06 Jan 1617
Age 71
Death of Dorothea of Denmark in Winsen
Winsen

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Jun 1546
    Event Place: Kolding

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jan 1617
    Event Place: Winsen
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