Dorothea of Denmark (1528–1575)

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Dorothea of Denmark (1528–1575)

Danish princess. Name variations: Dorothea Oldenburg. Born in 1528; died on November 11, 1575; daughter of Sophia of Pomerania (1498–1568) and Frederik or Frederick I (1471–1533), king of Denmark and Norway (r. 1523–1533); married Christof von Mecklenburg, on October 27, 1573.

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