Dorothea of Denmark | |
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Electress Palatine | |
Tenure | 16 March 1544 – 26 February 1556 |
Born | 10 November 1520 Copenhagen |
Died | 31 May 1580 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | (aged 59)
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Spouse | |
House | Oldenburg |
Father | Christian II of Denmark |
Mother | Isabella of Austria |
Danish Royalty |
House of Oldenburg Main Line |
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Christian II |
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Dorothea of Denmark and Norway (10 November 1520 – 31 May 1580) was a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish princess and an electress of the Palatinate as the wife of Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate. She was a claimant to the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish thrones and titular monarch in 1559–1561.