Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a 16th-century Danish princess who became a German duchess through marriage, linking the Danish royal house with the Brunswick-Lüneburg line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf duchess
human
noblewoman
princess
areaOfInfluence Holy Roman Empire
Northern Europe
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
ethnicGroup Dane
father Christian III of Denmark
floruit 16th century
gender female
languageSpoken Danish
German
linkedDynasties Brunswick-Lüneburg ducal line
Danish royal house
linked to: House of Oldenburg
marriedInto House of Brunswick-Lüneburg
memberOf House of Oldenburg
mother Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
movement Protestant Reformation (dynastic context)
nobleRank duchess
princess
notableFor linking the Danish royal house with the Brunswick-Lüneburg line through marriage
positionHeld Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
realmConnectedTo Denmark–Norway
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
religion Lutheranism
royalHouse Danish royal family
sibling Frederick II of Denmark
socialClass high nobility
spouse William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
title Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Princess of Denmark
typeOfMarriage dynastic marriage

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Christian III of Denmark child Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg mother Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Francis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein sibling Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg