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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.
Elisabetta Sofia di Meclemburgo-Güstrow (Güstrow, 20 agosto 1613 – Luneburgo, 12 luglio 1676) è stata duchessa consorte di Brunswick-Lüneburg dal 1666 al 1676, come moglie di Augusto il Giovane. Fu una poetessa, oltre che compositrice di inni e arie devozionali.
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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. Fatti in breve Regina consorte di Danimarca e Norvegia, In carica ... Chiudi. Biografia.
Elisabetta Sofia di Meclemburgo-Güstrow (Güstrow, 20 agosto 1613 – Luneburgo, 12 luglio 1676) è stata duchessa consorte di Brunswick-Lüneburg dal 1666 al 1676, come moglie di Augusto il Giovane.
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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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- Roskilde Cathedral
- 4 September 1557, Wismar
- 14 October 1631 (aged 74), Nykøbing Castle, Falster
Sofía de Mecklemburgo-Güstrow ( Wismar, 4 de septiembre de 1557- Nykøbing Falster, 14 de octubre de 1631) fue una noble alemana y, por matrimonio, reina de Dinamarca y Noruega. Ella fue la madre del rey Cristián IV de Dinamarca. Fue regente de Schleswig - Holstein en 1590-1594. Primeros años.
Sophia di Meclemburgo-Güstrow (Wismar, 4 settembre 1557 - Nykøbing, 14 ottobre 1631) era una nobildonna tedesca della Casa di Meclemburgo. È nata attraverso il suo matrimonio con Federico II di Danimarca regina di Danimarca e Norvegia. Era dal 1589 al 1594 reggente dei ducati Schleswig e Holstein.
