Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

For other people with the same name, see Dorothea of Denmark (disambiguation).
Dorothea of Denmark
Duchess of Mecklenburg
Born 1528
Died 11 November 1575 (aged 4647)
Spouse Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
House Oldenburg
Father Frederick I of Denmark
Mother Sophie of Pomerania
Religion Lutheranism

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.

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