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 ⓘ