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Dorothea Of Denmark 1546–1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 JUN 1546

Birth Location: Kolding, Vejle, Denmark

Death Date: 06 JAN 1617

Death Location: Celle, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: Frederick Denemarken

Mother: Dorothea Brandenburg

Spouse(s): Wilhelm Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Children(s): Georg Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Sofie Brunswick-Luneburg, Elisabeth LUNEBURG, Margarethe Brunswick-Luneburg, Sibylla Danneberg, Friedrich Braunschweig-Luneburg, Magnus Brunswick-Luneburg, Heinrich Braunschweig-Dannenberg, Marie Braunschweig-Luneburg, Sybil Brunswick-Dannenberg, Johann, Braunschweig-Luneburg

Dorothea Of Denmark was born in 1546 in Kolding, Vejle, Denmark, the child of Frederick Or Christian I King Of Denmark Oldenburg Von Denemarken And Dorothea Hohenzollern True Direct Queen Of Denmark Norway And Sweden Brandenburg. Dorothea Of Denmark married Wilhelm I The Younger Duke Of Braunschweig Luneburg, and had children including Elisabeth Braunschweig Luneburg, Friedrich Herzog Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Georg Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Heinrich Von Braunschweig Dannenberg, Johann Bischof Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Magnus Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Margarethe Princess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Marie Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Sibylla Elisabeth Av Danneberg, Sofie Princess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sybil Elizabeth Of Brunswick Dannenberg. Dorothea Of Denmark passed away in 1617 in Celle, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • Dorothea Of Denmark was born in 1546 in Kolding, Vejle, Denmark, the child of Frederick Or Christian I King Of Denmark Oldenburg Von Denemarken And Dorothea Hohenzollern True Direct Queen Of Denmark Norway And Sweden Brandenburg.
  • Dorothea Of Denmark married Wilhelm I The Younger Duke Of Braunschweig Luneburg, and had children including Elisabeth Braunschweig Luneburg, Friedrich Herzog Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Georg Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Heinrich Von Braunschweig Dannenberg, Johann Bischof Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Magnus Duke Of Brunswick Luneburg, Margarethe Princess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Marie Von Braunschweig Luneburg, Sibylla Elisabeth Av Danneberg, Sofie Princess Of Brunswick Luneburg, Sybil Elizabeth Of Brunswick Dannenberg.
  • Dorothea Of Denmark passed away in 1617 in Celle, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick Denemarken
1426–1481
Birth Location: Oldenburg
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Dorothea Brandenburg
1525–1545
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Wilhelm Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1535–1592
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Children(s)

Georg Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1582–1641
Birth Location: Celle Vorwerk, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
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Sofie Brunswick-Luneburg
1563–1649
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg
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Elisabeth LUNEBURG
1563–1639
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Margarethe Brunswick-Luneburg
1573–1643
Birth Location: Celle, Celle, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Sibylla Danneberg
1573–1576
Birth Location: Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Prussia
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Friedrich Braunschweig-Luneburg
1574–1648
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Magnus Brunswick-Luneburg
1574–1632
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
MB
Heinrich Braunschweig-Dannenberg
1574–1575
Birth Location: Dannenberg, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany, Prussia
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Marie Braunschweig-Luneburg
1575–1610
Birth Location: Celle, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
MB
Sybil Brunswick-Dannenberg
1576–1630
Birth Location: Dannenberg, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Johann, Braunschweig-Luneburg
1583–1628
Birth Location: Celle, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Dorothea Denmark's Ancestors

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Dorothea Denmark
1546–1617
Birth Place: Kolding, Vejle, Denmark
Parents
Frederick Or Christian (I) King of Denmark Oldenburg von Denemarken
1426–1481
Oldenburg
Dorothea (Hohenzollern True Direct Queen of Denmark, Norway And Sweden) Brandenburg
1525–1545
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea Denmark's Descendants

1.
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Dorothea (Of) Denmark (29 JUN 1546–06 JAN 1617) m. Wilhelm (I, the Younger, Duke of) Braunschweig-Lüneburg (04 JUL 1535–20 AUG 1592)
  1. 1. Georg (von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1582–1641 m. Anna (Eleonore von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1601–1659 m. Anna (Eleonore Princess von Hesse-Darmstadt von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1601–1659 m. Anna (Eleonore Princess von Hesse-Darmstadt von) Braunschweig-Luneburg 1590–1659
    1. 1. Johann (Friedrich van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1625–1679 m. Benedikte (Henriette van Pfalz) Simmern 1652–1730
      1. 1. Amalie (Wilhelmine von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1673–1742 m. Karel (Frans Joseph Wenzel Balthasar Johan Anton Ignace van Habsburg Koning van Spanje Keizer van het H. Roomse) Rijk 1678–1711
        1. 1. Maria (Amalia Josepha Anna van) Habsburg 1701–1756 m. Charles (VII van Wittelsbach Keurvorst van) Beieren 1697–1745
        2. 2. Marie (Josepha, Archduchess of Austria, Queen Consort Of) Poland 1699–1757
        3. 3. Maria (Josepha Bebedikta Antonia Theresia Xaveria Philippine van) Habsburg 1699–1775
        4. 4. Leopold (Joseph Habsburg of) Austria 1700–1701
        5. 5. Leopold (Joseph Habsburg of) Austria 1700–1701
        6. 6. Mary (Amelia) ? 1701–1796
      2. 2. Anne (Sophie Von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg 1670–1672
      3. 3. Charlotte (Felicitas Von Braunschweig-Lüneburg) Welf 1671–1710
      4. 4. Charlotte Brunswick-Luneburg 1671–1710
      5. 5. Henriette (Marie Von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg 1672–1757
      6. 6. Henriette (Marie Von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg 1672–1757
      7. 7. Wilhelmina (Amalia Princess Of) Brunswick-Luneburg 1673–1742
      8. 8. Wilhelmina (Amalia von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1673–1742
    2. 2. Magdalena (Prinses Von) Brunswijk-Calenberg 1618–1618
    3. 3. Karl (Friedrich Christian Ludwig Brunswick) Luneburg 1618–1676
    4. 4. Christian (Louis Brunswick) Luneburg 1618–1665
    5. 5. Christian (Ludwig van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1622–1665
    6. 6. George (Wilhelm van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1624–1705
    7. 7. Sophia (Amalia van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1628–1685
    8. 8. Ernst (August van Brunswijk) Luneburg 1629–1698
    9. 9. Ernest (Augustus I Brunswick-Lüneburg and of the Holy Roman) Empire 1629–1698
    10. 10. Dorothea (Herzog Von) Bruanschweig-Lüneburg 1629–1630
    11. 11. Anna (Marie Eleonore of) Welf 1630–1722
    12. 12. Christian (Louis Brunswick) Luneburg 1618–1665
    13. 13. Magdalen (von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1618–1618
    14. 14. Karl (Friedrich Christian) Ludwig 1621–1676
    15. 15. Dorothea (Magdalene) Brunswick-Luneburg 1629–1636
  2. 2. Sofie (Princess Of) Brunswick-Luneburg 1563–1649
  3. 3. Elisabeth (BRAUNSCHWEIG) LUNEBURG 1563–1639
  4. 4. Margarethe (Princess Of) Brunswick-Luneburg 1573–1643
  5. 5. Sibylla (Elisabeth av) Danneberg 1573–1576
  6. 6. Friedrich (Herzog von) Braunschweig-Luneburg 1574–1648
  7. 7. Magnus (Duke Of) Brunswick-Luneburg 1574–1632
  8. 8. Heinrich (von) Braunschweig-Dannenberg 1574–1575
  9. 9. Marie (von) Braunschweig-Luneburg 1575–1610
  10. 10. Sybil (Elizabeth Of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1576–1630
  11. 11. Johann, (Bischof von) Braunschweig-Luneburg 1583–1628

Dorothea Denmark's Timeline

2 Records

1546
29 JUN 1546
Birth of Dorothea Of Denmark in Kolding, Vejle, Denmark
Kolding, Vejle, Denmark
1617
06 JAN 1617
Age 71
Death of Dorothea Of Denmark in Winsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Winsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1546
    Event Place: Kolding, Vejle, Denmark
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 JAN 1617
    Event Place: Winsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Celle, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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