- Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter
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Dorothea Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein (September 01, 1629 – March 18, 1687) was the daughter of king Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk.
As her siblings, she was raised by her grandmother Ellen Marsvin. She was known as Miss leftover, as the king did not recognize her as his child, believing her to be the daughter of Otto Louis of Salm. Marsvin tried to have her recognized, but failed, and in 1637, she was sent to Hamburg and then to a convent school in Cologne. She converted to Catholicism and became a nun there in 1646. She was legitimized in 1648.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter 16. Frederick I of Denmark 8. Christian III of Denmark 17. Anna of Brandenburg 4. Frederick II of Denmark 18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 2. Christian IV of Denmark 20. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg 10. Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg 21. Anna of Brandenburg 5. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 22. Frederick I of Denmark 11. Elizabeth of Denmark 23. Sophie of Pomerania 1. Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter 24. Mogens Olufsen Munk 12. Ludvik Mogensen Munk 25. Karen Ludvigsdatter Rosenkrantz 6. Ludvig Ludviksen Munk 26. Peder Hansen Lykke 13. Kirsten Pedersdatter Lykke 27. Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg
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Karen Pedersdatter Reventlow3. Kirsten Munk 28. Peder Jørgensen Marsvin 14. Jørgen Pedersen Marsvin 29. Helle Tagesdatter Hollunger 7. Ellen Jørgensdatter Marsvin 30. Otte Henriksson Gyldenstierne 15. Karen Ottesdatter Gyldenstierne 31. Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye References
- http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1163/origin/170/ (in Danish)
- http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1414/origin/170/ (in Danish)
- http://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0310.html (in Danish)
Categories:- 1629 births
- 1687 deaths
- Converts to Roman Catholicism
- Danish nobility
- 17th-century Danish people
- Danish nuns
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