Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
Portrait by Jakob Binck
Queen consort of Denmark
Tenure1534–1559
Coronation12 August 1537
Copenhagen Cathedral
Queen consort of Norway
Tenure1537–1559
Born9 July 1511
Lauenburg Castle, Saxe-Lauenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died7 October 1571(1571-10-07) (aged 60)
Sønderborg Castle, Sønderborg, Denmark
Burial
Spouses
(m. 1525; died 1559)
IssueAnne, Electress of Saxony
Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway
Magnus, King of Livonia
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
HouseHouse of Ascania
FatherMagnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
MotherCatherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (9 July 1511 – 7 October 1571) was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state in Denmark.[1]

  1. ^ Jorgensen, Ellen & Skovgaard, Johanne, Danske dronniger; fortaellinger og karakteristikker af Ellen Jorgensen og Johanne Skovgaard, Kobenhavn H. Hagerup, 1910