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Dorothea of Brandenburg

1430 - 1495

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Dorothea of Brandenburg (31 December 1430 – 10 November 1495) was Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden under the Kalmar Union as the consort of first Christopher III of Denmark and later Christian I of Denmark. She served as interim regent during the interregnum in 1448 and as regent in the absence of her second spouse during his reign. She and Christian had three surviving children: John, Margaret, and Frederick, of whom John served as king of the union and both sons served as kings of Denmark and Norway. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea of Brandenburg is the 277th most popular companion (down from 261st in 2019), the 1,003rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 944th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Companion.

Dorothea of Brandenburg was a German princess and a member of the House of Hohenzollern. She was married to John George I, Elector of Saxony.

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Among companions, Dorothea of Brandenburg ranks 277 out of 784. Before her are Eleanor of Castile, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Agnes of Antioch, Queen Inhyeon, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, and Helen of Greece and Denmark. After her are Constance of Castile, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Catherine Opalińska, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Empress Kōjun, and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Among people born in 1430, Dorothea of Brandenburg ranks 7. Before her are Giovanni Bellini, Antonello da Messina, Margaret of Anjou, James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, and Heinrich Kramer. After her are Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Cosimo Tura, Antoine Busnois, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Francesco Laurana, and Justus van Gent. Among people deceased in 1495, Dorothea of Brandenburg ranks 9. Before her are Jasper Tudor, Sultan Cem, Alfonso II of Naples, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Magdalena of France, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York. After her are Elizabeth Tudor, Cosimo Tura, Vlad Călugărul, Jacob Sprenger, Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Pedro González de Mendoza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Dorothea of Brandenburg ranks 1,003 out of 7,253. Before her are Princess Maria Anna of Saxony (1799), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Max Ophüls (1902), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412). After her are Hennig Brand (1630), Felix Wankel (1902), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), and Erich Kempka (1910).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Dorothea of Brandenburg ranks 49. Before her are Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), Christina of Saxony (1461), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788). After her are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Hannah Pick-Goslar (1928), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), and Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225).

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