Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

For other people of the same name, see Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation).

Dorothea of Denmark
Duchess of Mecklenburg
Born	1528
Died	11 November 1575
Spouse	Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
House	House of Oldenburg
Father	Frederick I of Denmark
Mother	Sophie of Pomerania
Religion	Lutheran

Dorothea of Denmark (1528 – 11 November 1575), was a Danish princess and a Duchess consort of Mecklenburg. She was the daughter of king Frederick I of Denmark and Sophie of Pomerania. She was married to Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch in 1573.

Dorothea was raised with her maternal grand parents in Pomerania as a child, but spent her adult life at the Danish royal court and with her mother in Kiel. She took part in the entourage of her niece Anne of Denmark at the latter's wedding in Saxony in 1548, but otherwise she lived a discreet life. She died two years after her marriage, and her sister Elizabeth of Denmark had a monument erected over her grave.

Ancestry

Family of Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

16. Christian V, Count of Oldenburg               8. Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg                       17. Agnes of Hohnstein-Heringen               4. Christian I of Denmark                             18. Gerhard VI, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg               9. Helvig of Schauenburg                       19. Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg               2. Frederick I of Denmark                                   20. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg               10. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach                       21. Elisabeth of Bavaria               5. Dorothea of Brandenburg                             22. Rudolph III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg               11. Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg                       23. Barbara of Legnica               1. Dorothea of Denmark                                         24. Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania               12. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania                       25. Sophia of Saxe-Lauenburg               6. Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania                             26. Bogislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania               13. Sophie of Pomerania                       27. Maria of Masovia               3. Sophie of Pomerania                                   28. Jogaila               14. Casimir IV Jagiellon                       29. Sophia of Halshany               7. Anna Jagiellon                             30. Albert II of Germany               15. Elisabeth of Austria                       31. Elizabeth of Luxembourg

References

• http://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0308.html (in Danish)