Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 January 1570 – 15 August 1649) was a daughter of Duke
William "the younger" of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife,
Dorothea of Denmark.
She married Count Palatine
Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. They had four children:
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George William (1591–1669), Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
* Sophia (1593–1676), married Kraft VII of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (1582–1641)
* Frederick (1594–1626),
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Strasbourg
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Christian I (1598–1654), Count Palatine and Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
See also
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Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
The Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg (), commonly known as the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg or Brunswick-Lüneburg, was an imperial principality of the Holy Roman Empire in the territory of present day Lower Saxony.
In 1235, Otto I, Duke of ...
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House of Welf
Countesses Palatine of Zweibrücken
1570 births
1649 deaths
16th-century German nobility
17th-century German nobility
Daughters of dukes
Mothers of German monarchs
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