Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	(1570-01-01)1 January 1570
Died	15 August 1649(1649-08-15) (aged 79)
Spouse	Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Issue	George William Christian I
House	House of Guelph
Father	William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Dorothea of Denmark

Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1 January 1570 – 15 August 1649) was a daughter of Duke William "the younger" of Brunswick-Lüneburg and his wife, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.^[1]

She married Count Palatine Charles I of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. They had four children:

• George William (1591–1669), Count Palatine and Duke of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
• Sophia (1593–1676), married Kraft VII of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (1582–1641)
• Frederick (1594–1626), canon at Strasbourg
• Christian I (1598–1654), Count Palatine and Duke of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler

See also

• Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

References

1. Cox, Virginia (2011). The prodigious muse : women's writing in counter-reformation Italy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-0160-7. OCLC 794700422.