Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Dorothea of Saxe- Lauenburg ( born July 9, 1511 Lauenburg; † October 7, 1571 in Sønderborg) was a princess of Saxe- Lauenburg and by marriage Queen of Denmark and Norway.

Life

Dorothea was the eldest daughter of Duke Magnus I of Saxe- Lauenburg (1470-1543) from his marriage to Catherine (1488-1563), daughter of Duke Henry I of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel.

She married 14 -year-old on October 29, 1525 in Lauenburg the later to become King Christian III. of Denmark and Norway ( 1503-1559 ). Your dowry of 15,000 florins was considered extremely low. The couple first lived in Haderslev, where Christian resided as governor of the principality of Schleswig and Holstein.

To Dorothea's minions included the Danish Finance Minister Peder Oxe. Your originally assigned in Funen jointure she could 1548 be amended to that immunity they Koldingen, Randers, Sønderborg and Norburg.

On her deathbed she sang psalms. She died 60 years old on her Wittumssitz Sonderborg and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral. Sonderborg and Norburg were as pleasing her jointure after her death to her younger son, John.

Progeny

From their marriage Dorothea had the following children:

• Child (* / † 1532)
• Anna (1532-1585)

• Frederick II (1534-1588), King of Denmark and Norway

• Magnus (1540-1583), Duke of Schleswig -Holstein, King of Livonia

• Johann III. (1545-1622), Duke of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg

• Dorothea (1546-1617)