Brief Life History of Dorothea
When Prinzessin Dorothea von Frisling Denmark Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg was born on 29 June 1546, in Koldinghus, Denmark, her father, King of Denmark, Norway Christian Oldenburg III, was 42 and her mother, Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg, was 34. She married Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg on 12 October 1561, in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 6 January 1617, in Winsen, Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, at the age of 70, and was buried in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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- Dorothea von Dänemark, „Find a Grave Index“
- Dorothea Frisling im Eintrag für Ernst Wilhelm Läneburg, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“
- Dorothea Lüneburg im Eintrag für Ernst Wilhelm Lüneburg, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“
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World Events (1)
1563
Seven Year War begins. Fought between Sweden and Denmark.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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