Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (28 September 1636 – 6 August 1689), was Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg by marriage to

Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Christian Louis (german: Christian Ludwig; 25 February 1622 – 15 March 1665) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. A member of the House of Welf, from 1641 until 1648 he ruled the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, and, from ...

, and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage to

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg Frederick William (german: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is ...

, the "Great Elector".

Biography

Dorothea was born in

Glücksburg Glücksburg (; da, Lyksborg) is a small town northeast of Flensburg in the district Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and is the northernmost town in Germany. It is situated on the south side of the Flensborg Fjord, an inlet ...

. She could claim royal blood through her descent from her great-grandfather King

Christian III of Denmark Christian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown. He established ...

, but her parents were of much lower rank:

Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (15 March 1584 – 27 September 1663) was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg after the death of his father in 1622. He was the son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Duches ...

, and Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg. She was the sister of

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Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

In 1653, Dorothea married

, brother-in-law of King

Frederick III of Denmark Frederick III ( da, Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bi ...

. The marriage was childless. In 1665 her first spouse died, and she moved into

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Electress of Brandenburg

On 14 June 1668, she married again, this time to Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. In 1670, she purchased

Brandenburg-Schwedt Brandenburg-Schwedt was a secundogeniture of the Hohenzollern margraves of Brandenburg, established by Prince Philip William who took his residence at Schwedt Castle in 1689. By appanage, they administered the manors of Schwedt and Vierraden on ...

and other fiefs for her sons. In 1676, she became the commander of her own regiment, and in 1678 and 1692 equipped two fleets for the

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state. She died in Karlsbad and is buried in

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. The

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neighbourhood of Berlin was a present to her from her husband and is named after her.

Issue

From her second marriage, Dorothea had the following children: # Philip William (1669–1711), # Marie Amalie (1670–1739) married: ##

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, son of

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, son of

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# Albert Frederick (1672–1731), # Charles Philip (1673–1695), # Elisabeth Sofie (1674–1748), who married Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (6 August 1644 – 20 May 1712) on 30 March 1703. # Dorothea (1675–1676), # Christian Ludwig (1677–1734), recipient of Bach's

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Ancestry

References

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