Prinzessin Dorothea von Frisling Denmark Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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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Family Time Line

Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1535–1592
Prinzessin Dorothea von Frisling Denmark Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1546–1617
Marriage: 12 October 1561
Sophie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1563–1639
Ernst van Brunswijk-Lüneburg II
1564–1611
Elisabeth Welf
1565–1621
Christian "der Ältere" von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1566–1633
August der Ältere von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Herzog,Fürst zu Lüneburg, Bischof von Ratzeburg
1568–1636
Dorothea von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1570–1649
Klara Welf
1570–1658
Clara von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1571–1658
Anne Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1572–1601
Margareta Baÿer
1573–1643
Friedrich IV van Brunswijk-Lüneburg
1574–1648
Marie Guelph Welf
1575–1610
Magnus, van Brunswijk-Lüneburg
1577–1632
Herzog George I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1582–1641
Johann von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1583–1628
Sybille von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1584–1652

Sources (4)

  • 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“

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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