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11 mag 2023 · Sophia Carlotta di Meclemburgo-Strelitz è stata regina di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda in quanto sposa di Re Giorgio III, dal 1791 fino alla sua morte avvenuta nel 1818: due anni prima del marito.
Regina consorte di Danimarca e Norvegia. 20 luglio 1572 - 4 aprile 1588 ( 15 anni, 8 mesi e 15 giorni)
Carlotta era la figlia più giovane del duca Carlo Ludovico Federico di Meclemburgo-Strelitz, principe di Mirow (23 febbraio 1707 – 5 giugno 1752) e della moglie, la principessa Elisabetta Albertina di Sassonia-Hildburghausen, (4 agosto 1713 – 29 giugno 1761).
Sofia Luisa, a volte erroneamente chiamata, a causa del suo luogo di nascita, principessa o duchessa di Meclemburgo-Grabow, era la quartogenita ed unica figlia del duca Federico di Meclemburgo-Schwerin (detto il "principe di Grabow") e di sua moglie, la langravia Cristina Guglielmina d'Assia-Homburg.
- Sophie Luise zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Sofia Dorotea di Hannover
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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...
Adams, Simon (1997). The Thirty Years' War. Routledge & Kegan. ISBN 978-0-7100-9788-0.Akkerman, Nadine (2011). The Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Vol. II (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199551088.Ashton, Robert (1960). The Crown and the money market, 1603-1640. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198282198.Carøe, Kristian (1912). Studier til dansk medicinalhistorie [Studies in Danish Medical History] (in Danish). Lindhardt & Ringhof. ISBN 9788726428353.Queen Sophie at the website of the Royal Danish Collection- 20 July 1572 - 4 April 1588
- Roskilde Cathedral
- 4 September 1557, Wismar
- 14 October 1631 (aged 74), Nykøbing Castle, Falster
Il Meclemburgo (in tedesco Mecklenburg; IPA: [ˈmeːklənbʊrk]) è una regione storica e geografica della Germania nord-orientale. Confina con il Mar Baltico a nord, i fiumi Recknitz e Trebel a est, il fiume Elba a sud-ovest, la Bassa Sassonia e l' Holstein (stato Schleswig-Holstein) a ovest.
Sophie of Mecklenburg, Electoral Princess of Saxony. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Sophie of Mecklenburg. Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony. image.
