Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia
Dorothea of Prussia ( also Dorothea of Brandenburg- Ansbach, Dorothea von Hohenzollern or Dorothea of Denmark; * 1504 in Gottorp Castle, † Koenigsberg 1547) was the first Duchess of the Duchy of Prussia.
Life
Dorothea of Prussia was a Danish princess and Duchess of Prussia. The daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark and his first wife Anna of Brandenburg was married to Duke Albrecht of Prussia. The marriage was arranged by her father and Wolfgang von Utenhof and was closed in Königsberg on July 1, 1526. Your good relationship with Albrecht contributed to a good and active contact between Denmark and Prussia. Dorothea and her husband corresponded with her brother, the King of Denmark. Albrecht was at the coronation of King Christian III. present of Denmark in Copenhagen in 1537. The couple also served as foster parents of Dorothea's younger half-brother Duke Hans of Denmark, who was brought up after the death of his father in 1536-1542 Königsberg.
From this marriage came six children, of whom only the eldest daughter survived the toddler years:
- Anna Sophie ( * June 11, 1527; † February 6, 1591 )
- Catherine ( * / † February 24, 1528 )
- Friedrich Albrecht ( * December 5, 1529; † January 1, 1530 )
- Lucia Dorothea (* April 8, 1531; † February 1, 1532 )
- Lucia ( * February 1537, † May 1539 )
- Albrecht ( * / † March 1539 )
Dorothea was marked by charity. So they donated to the foundation of the Albertus University from her jointure the northern part of Kollegienhaus with the Seminary for ten free meals. Also Protestantism promoted it by force. With the leaders of the Evangelical Church in Prussia, such as Paul Speratus and Poli Ander she stood in a relationship of trust.
The tomb
Your Epitaph hung on the north side of the choir of the Königsberg Cathedral. It survived the Second World War not, but the bust of the Duchess is still be seen in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.