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Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine

1520 - 1580

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Dorothea of Denmark and Norway (10 November 1520 – 31 May 1580) was a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish princess and an electress of the Palatinate as the wife of Elector Frederick II of the Palatinate. She was a claimant to the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish thrones and titular monarch in 1559–1561. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine is the 569th most popular nobleman (down from 450th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 188th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Danish Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine ranks 569 out of 1,415Before her are Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Christian II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, and Sara Forbes Bonetta. After her are Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Alan III, Duke of Brittany, Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, William, Duke of Brunswick, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and Nikola Jurišić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine ranks 14Before her are Christophe Plantin, Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, and Pontus De la Gardie. After her are Pedro Cieza de León, Aben Humeya, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Diego de Almagro II, Moses Isserles, and Isabella di Morra. Among people deceased in 1580, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine ranks 12Before her are Lala Mustafa Pasha, Ruy López de Segura, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Hieronymus Wolf, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, and Juliana of Stolberg. After her are Inés Suárez, Giovanni Morone, Philippine Welser, Alonso Mudarra, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, and Jerónimo Zurita y Castro.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine ranks 209 out of 1,032Before her are King Diamond (1956), Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), Princess Margaret of Denmark (1895), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), Poul Schlüter (1929), and Hastein (810). After her are Marie Krøyer (1867), Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Princess Louise of Denmark (1750), Jan Gehl (1936), and Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747).

Among NOBLEMEN In Denmark

Among noblemen born in Denmark, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine ranks 11Before her are Christina of Denmark (1521), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649). After her are Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), Rorik of Dorestad (900), Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), and Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650).