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Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 January 1570 – 15 August 1649) was a daughter of Duke William "the younger" of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.[1]
Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
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Born | 1 January 1570 |
Died | 15 August 1649 | (aged 79)
Noble family | House of Guelph |
Spouse(s) | Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld |
Issue | |
Father | William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Dorothea of Denmark |
She married Count Palatine Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. They had four children:
- George William (1591–1669), Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Sophia (1593–1676), married Kraft VII of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (1582–1641)
- Frederick (1594–1626), canon at Strasbourg
- Christian I (1598–1654), Count Palatine and Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
See also
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edit- ^ Cox, Virginia (2011). The prodigious muse : women's writing in counter-reformation Italy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0160-7. OCLC 794700422.