Sophie of Pomerania

Princess Sophia of Pomerania ( * 1498 in Stettin, † May 13 1568 in Schleswig ) was by marriage Queen of Denmark and Norway, as well as Duchess of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp.

Life

Sophia was born as the eldest daughter of Prince Bogusław X. the Great of Pomerania (1454-1523) and Princess Anne (1476-1503), daughter of the Polish king Casimir IV.

On October 9, 1518 Sophia married in Schleswig widowed Danish King Frederick I ( 1471-1533 ), fourth son of King Christian I of Denmark and Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg. Sophia was crowned on August 13, 1525 in Copenhagen, the Danish queen. Sophia died in 1568 and was buried in the cathedral of Schleswig. The marriage produced six children:

  • Johann (1521-1580), Duke of Schleswig -Holstein - Haderslev
  • Elisabeth (1524-1586)
  • Adolf (1526-1586), Duke of Schleswig -Holstein - Gottorp
  • Anna (1527-1535)
  • Dorothea (1528-1575)
  • Friedrich (1532-1556), Bishop of Hildesheim and Schleswig

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  • Queen (Denmark)
  • Queen (Norway )
  • Reaching home
  • House of Oldenburg
  • Born in 1498
  • Died in 1568
  • Woman
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