Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
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Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (9 July 1511 – 7 October 1571), consort of Christian III from 1525 and Queen consort of Denmark and Norway. She was daughter of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine, daughter of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Her sister Catherine was the first consort of Gustav I of Sweden.
Christian and Dorothea had the following children:
- Anna of Denmark (1532 - 1585). Consort to Augustus, Elector of Saxony
- Frederick II (1534 - 1588).
- Magnus, King of Livonia (1540 - 1583).
- Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plon (1545-1622).
- Dorothea of Denmark (1546 - 1617). Consort to William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and mother to George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Queen Dorothea is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen.
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| Preceded by Sophie of Pomerania |
Queen Consort of Denmark 1534-1559 |
Succeeded by Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Queen Consort of Norway 1534-1559 |
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