Brief Life History of Dorothea of Brandenburg
When Queen consort of Norway (first reign) Dorothea of Brandenburg was born on 9 February 1420, in Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, her father, Friedrich I von Brandenburg "Elector of Brandenburg", was 48 and her mother, Elisabeth Wittelsbach of Bavaria "Electress of Brandenburg", was 36. She married Herzog Heinrich IV. zu Mecklenburg on 1 May 1432, in Ludwigslust, Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 19 January 1491, in Rehna, Rehna, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, at the age of 70, and was buried in Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
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- Dorothea von Brandenburg-Kulmbach, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ancestry Family Trees
- Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Spouse and Children
1417–1477 Male
1420–1491 Female
Children (9)
1437–1437 Male
1438–1483 Male
1439–1474 Male
1441–1503 Male
1442–1451 Female
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Parents and Siblings
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1383–1442 Female
Siblings (14)
1403–1449 Female
1405–1449 Female
1406–1464 Male
1407–1449 Female
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Name Meaning
form of a post-classical Greek name, from dōron ‘gift’ + theos ‘god’ (the same elements as in Theodora , but in reverse order). The masculine form Dorotheus was borne by several early Christian saints, the feminine by only two minor ones, but only the girl's name has survived. In modern use in the English-speaking world it represents either a 19th-century Latinization of Dorothy or a learned reborrowing.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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en.Wikipedia Dorothea of Brandenburg
Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430/1431 – 10 November 1495) was a Hohenzollern princess who became a Scandinavian queen by marriage under the Kalmar Union. She was Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden from …
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