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Sofia di Meclemburgo-Güstrow ( Wismar, 4 settembre 1557 – Nyköping, 14 ottobre 1631) fu regina di Danimarca e di Norvegia e duchessa dello Schleswig-Holstein dal 1590 al 1594 [1] . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Matrimonio. 2.1 Reggenza. 3 Morte. 4 Ascendenza. 5 Note. 6 Altri progetti. 7 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
Carlotta di Meclemburgo-Strelitz (Mirow, 19 maggio 1744 – Kew Palace, 17 novembre 1818) è stata una regina britannica. Nel 1761 sposò il re Giorgio III del Regno Unito, divenendo regina consorte di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda ed elettrice (poi regina) di Hannover.
11 mag 2023 · Sophia Charlotte di Mecklenburg-Strelitz, o meglio la vera storia della Regina Carlotta e la porfiria di Re Giorgio III. Di Stella Grillo. 11 Maggio 2023. Chi era la Regina Carlotta e qual è stata la sua vera storia?
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Born in Wismar, she was the daughter of Duke Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Princess Elizabeth of Denmark (a daughter of Frederick I and Sophie of Pomerania). Through her father, a grandson of Elizabeth of Denmark, she descended from King John of Denmark, the brother of Frederick I. Like Ulrich, she had a great love of knowledge. Later, she ...
At the age of fourteen Sophie, on 20 July 1572, married Frederick II of Denmark in Copenhagen; he was thirty-eight. She was crowned the following day. They were first half-cousins, through their grandfather, Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway. They met at Nykøbing Castle, when it had been arranged for the king to meet with Margaret of Pomerani...
Regency
Queen Sophie had no political power during the lifetime of her spouse. When her underage son Christian IV became king in 1588, she was given no place in the regency council in Denmark itself. From 1590, however, she acted as regent for the duchies of Schleswig-Holsteinfor her son. She organized a grand funeral for her spouse, arranged for the dowries for her daughters and for her own allowance, all independently and against the will of the council. She engaged in a power struggle with the reg...
Landowner and successful entrepreneur
As dowager-queen, Sophie was entitled to 'Dowager-pension' (Danish: Livgeding, lit. 'support of life') as well as the castles that comprised her morning gift. These vast estates included Denmark's fourth-largest island Lolland, and the neighbouring island Falster, on which the castle of Nykøbing was situated, which she also received. She also received Aalholm Castle, Halsted Priory, Vennerslund, Ravnsborg, and the fiefs belonging thereto. She succeeded in obtaining 30,000 rigsdaler from her l...
Political influence as widow
Because of her great wealth, Dowager Queen Sophie was able to exercise considerable influence on both Danish domestic affairs and the international politics of Northern Europe during the reign of her son, Christian IV (reigned 1596–1648). During a period from the death of her husband in 1588 until her death forty-three years later, she was active in the political life of Denmark. The queen dowager maintained a constant awareness of the current political developments in Europe and in the empir...
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Sophie of Mecklenburg. Sophie of Mecklenburg may refer to: Sophie of Mecklenburg (1481–1503), daughter of Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg, and wife of John, Elector of Saxony. Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1508–1541), daughter of Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, and wife of Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
