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Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1430–1495 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1430

Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany

Death Date: 10 November 1495

Death Location: Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark

Father: Johann Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Mother: Princess Wittenburg

Spouse(s): Christian Union

Children(s): Margaret Scotland, Prince Oldenburg, Canute Denmark, Frederik Norway, John Sweden

In 1430, Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden entered the world in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, born to Johann The Alchemist Hohenzollern Markgraf Von Brandenburg Kulmbach And Princess Barbara Von Sachsen Wittenburg. Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Christian I Oldenburg King Of Denmark Sweden And Norway Kalmar Union, and had children including Canute Knud Oldenburg Prince Of Denmark, Frederik I Von Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Norway, John Hans I Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Sweden, Margaret Oldenburg Of Denmark Queen Consort Of Scotland, Prince Olaf Oldenburg. Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1495 in Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark.

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Biography

  • In 1430, Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden entered the world in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, born to Johann The Alchemist Hohenzollern Markgraf Von Brandenburg Kulmbach And Princess Barbara Von Sachsen Wittenburg.
  • Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden married Christian I Oldenburg King Of Denmark Sweden And Norway Kalmar Union, and had children including Canute Knud Oldenburg Prince Of Denmark, Frederik I Von Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Norway, John Hans I Oldenburg King Of Denmark And Sweden, Margaret Oldenburg Of Denmark Queen Consort Of Scotland, Prince Olaf Oldenburg.
  • Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed away in 1495 in Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
JB
Princess Wittenburg
1405–1465
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
PW

Spouses(s)

Christian Union
1426–1481
Birth Location: Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
CU

Children(s)

Margaret Scotland
1456–1486
Birth Location: Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
MS
Prince Oldenburg
1450–1451
Birth Location: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark
PO
Canute Denmark
1451–1455
Birth Location: København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
CD
Frederik Norway
1471–1533
Birth Location: Kobenhaven, Kobenhaven, Denmark
FN
John Sweden
1455–1513
Birth Location: Aalborg Castle, Aalborg, Denmark
JS

Dorothea Sweden's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Sweden
1430–1495
Birth Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Parents
Johann "The Alchemist" Hohenzollern, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Princess (Barbara von Sachsen) Wittenburg
1405–1465
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Friedrich (of Nuremberg, Elector of Brandenburg) I
1372–1440
, Nuremberg, Mittelfranken, Bavaria
Elisabeth (von) Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Landshut, Stadt Landshut, Bayern, Germany
Prince (Elector Rudolf III of Saxony) Wittenburg
–1419
Wittenberg, Sachsen, Germany
Princess (Barbara of) Silesia-Liegnitz
1372–1436
Legnica, Wroclaw, Poland
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Nurnberg
1333–1398
Elisabeth Nuremberg
1329–1375
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Nürnberg
1309–1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1318–1377
Friedrich of
1310–1349
Mechthild Bavaria
1313–1346

Dorothea Sweden's Descendants

1.
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Dorothea ('True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden (1430–10 November 1495) m. Christian (I Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Kalmar) Union (4 Feb 1426–21 May 1481)
  1. 1. Margaret (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of) Scotland 1456–1486 m. James (III Stewart, King of The) Scots 1451–1488
    1. 1. James (IV Iron stewart) king 1473–1513 m. Margaret Tudor 1489–1541 m. Margaret (Marion Boyd) (mistress) 1477–1559 m. Margaret (Drummond) (mistress) 1475–1502 m. Janet (Munro Kennedy, mistress\Queen consort to James IV of) Scotland 1476–1543
      1. 1. Jeanette (Janet 'The Beautiful Scotswoman' Stewart, Countess of Sutherland &) Methven 1502–1562 m. John Hamilton 1500–1544 m. Sir (Malcolm Fleming 3rd Baron of Fleming, Lord) Chamberlain 1494–1547
        1. 1. David HAMILTON 1521–1590
      2. 2. James (V Stuart, King of Scotland, devout Catholic, burned heretics, only daughter Mary was) heir 1512–1542 m. Mary (of Guise, Queen consort of Scots, Duchess of) Longueville 1515–1560 m. Madeleine (of Valois, Queen of Scotland, Princess of) France 1520–1537 m. Margaret (Erskine, mistress of James) V 1515–1572 m. Euphemia ((mistress)) Elphinstone 1509–1542
        1. 1. Mary (I Stuart, Queen of Scots, Queen Consort of France until Dec 1560,) Catholic 1542–1587 m. Henry ("Lord Darnley" Stuart, King Consort of Scotland, Duke of) Albany 1545–1567 m. Francois ('Francis' II de Valois (Capet), King consort of Scotland & France,) issueless 1544–1560 m. James (Patrick Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney &) Shetland 1536–1578
        2. 2. Sir (James Stewart, 1st Earl of) Moray 1529–1570 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588 m. Marion Fairlie 1530–1580
        3. 3. Lord (Robert Stuart, of Zetland, Earl of) Orkney 1533–1592 m. Johanna Kennedy 1540–1598
      3. 3. Catharine ('illegitimate daughter') Stuart 1491–1554 m. Archibald (Douglas, 6th Earl of) Angus 1489–1557
        1. 1. Margaret (merge) Douglas 1511–1579 m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of Finnart, Lord High Admiral, Regent of Scotland, Protestant party leader, Earl of Arran, Duke of) Châtelherault 1515–1571
        2. 2. Beatrix (Douglas, Lady Morton, Duchess) Hamilton 1514–1583
        3. 3. Elizabeth Douglas 1517–1581
        4. 4. John Douglas 1522–1579
      4. 4. Margaret Stewart, 1497–1531 m. Sir (John II Drummond, Lord of) Innerfeffrey 1476–1531 m. John (Gordon, Master) Huntly 1496–1517
        1. 1. Lady (Isabell) Drummond 1531–1591
        2. 2. Margaret (Drummond of) Innerpeffry 1528–1568
        3. 3. David (Drummond , 2nd Lord of) Drummond 1522–1580
        4. 4. Agnes (Drummond) (Montgomery) 1523–1590 m. Hugh (Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of) Eglinton 1531–1585 m. Sir (Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond of) Cargill 1550–1611
        5. 5. Lady (Jean Drummond) (Chisholm) 1525–
        6. 6. Alexander Drummond 1530–1579
        7. 7. George ('Ballad of the Gay Gordons" Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Earl of) Moray 1513–1562 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith 1515–1562
    2. 2. John (Stewart Earl of) Mar 1479–1512
    3. 3. James (Stewart, Duke of Ross, Lord Chancellor of) Scotland 1476–1504
  2. 2. Prince (Olaf) Oldenburg 1450–1451
  3. 3. Canute (Knud Oldenburg, Prince of) Denmark 1451–1455
  4. 4. Frederik (I von Oldenburg, King of Denmark and) Norway 1471–1533 m. Ann (Schleswig Holstein) Duchess 1487–1514 m. Sophia (von Pommern-Wolgast of) Pomerania 1498–1568
    1. 1. Dorothea Oldenburg 1527–1591 m. Christoph (van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1537–1592
      1. 1. Sophie (von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631 m. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588
        1. 1. Anne (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland 1574–1619 m. James (VI (James I England) Stuart, King of Scots & England, Protestant: upheld Divine Right of Kings, In 1603, James succeeded his cousin Elizabeth) I 1566–1625
        2. 2. Elizabeth (of Denmark, Brunswick Luneburg) Duchess 1573–1626 m. Heinrich (Julius von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1564–1613
        3. 3. Augusta (Duchess of Holstein Gotturp) Denmark 1580–1639
        4. 4. Hedwig (Princess of Denmark Electoress of) Saxony 1581–1641
        5. 5. Christian (IV King of) Norway-Denmark 1577–1648 m. Anne (Catherine of) Brandenburg 1575–1612 m. Christina (Munck De Holstein, Countess of Schleswig &) Holstein 1598–1658 m. Bishop (Peder Pedersen Winstrup, royal Chaplain to King Christian IV of Denmark, Bishop of Lund in Scania, DNA match to TM Griffin per) MyTrueAncestry.com 1605–1679
      2. 2. Albert (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1556–1561
    2. 2. Christian (III King of) Norway-Denmark 1503–1559 m. Dorothea (of) Sachen-Lauenburg 1511–1571
      1. 1. Frederick (II King of Denmark and) Norway 1534–1588 m. Sophie (von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen of Denmark and) Norway 1557–1631
      2. 2. Anne (of) Denmark 1532–1585 m. August (I von) Sachsen 1526–1586
        1. 1. Eleonore (von) Sachsen 1551–1553
        2. 2. Alexander (von) Sachsen 1554–1565
        3. 3. Magnus (von) Sachsen 1555–1558
        4. 4. Christian (I von) Sachsen 1560–1591
        5. 5. Dorothea (von) Sachsen 1463–1587
      3. 3. Magnus (of) Oldenburg-Livonia 1540–1583
      4. 4. Johan (II Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Duke) of 1545–1622
      5. 5. Dorothea (of) Denmark 1546–1617
    3. 3. Hans (The Elder of) Denmark 1521–1580
  5. 5. John (Hans I Oldenburg, King of Denmark and) Sweden 1455–1513 m. Christina (Wettin of) Saxony 1461–1521
    1. 1. Christian (II 'The Tyrant' Oldenburg, King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden 1481–1559 m. Isabella (Habsburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden 1501–1526
      1. 1. Christina (Oldenburg, Princess of) Denmark 1521–1590 m. Francis (I de Lorraine (Lotharingen) 2nd Duke of) Guise 1517–1545 m. Francesco (II Sforza, Last Duke of) Milan 1492–1535
        1. 1. Charles (III 'The Great' Lotharingen Duke of) Lorraine 1543–1608 m. Princess (Claude of) France 1547–1575
        2. 2. Dorothea (von) Lothringen 1545–1621
        3. 3. Renata (Duchess of) Lorraine 1544–1602
      2. 2. Hans ((John) von Oldenburg, Crown Prince of Denmark, Norway &) Sweden 1518–1532
      3. 3. Dorothea (van Oldenburg, Prinses van Zweden, Noorwegen en) Denemarken 1520–1580
      4. 4. Maximilian (von) Oldenburg 1519–1519
    2. 2. Johann (Oldenburg of) Denmark 1477–1513

Dorothea Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1430
1430
Birth of Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
1495
10 November 1495
Age 65
Death of Dorothea 'True Direct' Hohenzollern von Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark
Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1430
    Event Place: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 November 1495
    Event Place: Holbæk, Arhus, Denmark
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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