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{{other people|Dorothea of Brandenburg}}
{{ infobox royalty
| name = Dorothea of Brandenburg
| father = [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg]]
| mother = [[Catherine of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg|Catherine of Saxony]]
| spouse = [[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (also counted IV)
| birth_date = 1446
| death_date = March 1519
}}
'''Dorothea of Brandenburg''' (1446 – March 1519) was a princess of [[Electorate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]] by birth and by marriage Duchess of [[Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg|Saxe-Lauenburg]].
== Life ==
Dorothea was the eldest child of Elector [[Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick II]] of Brandenburg (1413–1471) from his marriage to [[Catherine of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg|Catherine]] (1421–1476), daughter of Elector [[Frederick I, Elector of Saxony|Frederick I]] of Saxony.
She married on 12 February 1464 in [[Lüneburg]] Duke [[John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|John V]] of Saxe-Lauenburg (1439–1507). As she was oldest daughter of the Elector Frederick, who had no surviving sons, the marriage agreement was important. In addition to a {{gaps|10|000}} [[Florin (Italian coin)|florins]] dowry, Frederick promised his son-in-law everything that he could legally leave to his daughter. Later, however, Frederick abdicated in favour of his younger brother [[Albert Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Albert Achilles]], so as to keep his possessions in the family.
Frederick also failed to pay the dowry to his son-in-law. This led Dorothea's uncle [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|John the Alchemist]] (1406 – 1464) to compare himself with the Elector Frederick.<ref>Adolph Friedrich Riedel: ''Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis: Sammlung der Urkunden, Chroniken und sonstigen Quellenschriften für die Geschichte der Mark Brandenburg und ihrer Regenten'', vol. 6, F. H. Morin, 1865, p. 121</ref>
== Offspring ==
From her marriage with John of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia, as he was officially titled, Dorothea had the following children:
* Adelheid (died young)
* Sophia (died in or before 1497)
: married on 29 November 1491 [[Antonius of Schaumburg|Anthony of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg]] (1439 – 22 December 1526)
* [[Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg|Magnus I]] (1470–1543), Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
* [[Eric of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop)|Eric]] (1472–1522), as Eric I [[Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim|prince-bishop of Hildesheim]] (1501–1503) and as Eric II [[Prince-Bishopric of Münster|prince-bishop of Münster]] (1508–1522)
* Catherine, [[Cistercian nuns|Cistercian nun]] in [[Reinbek|Reinbek bei Hamburg]]
* Bernhard (died 1524), [[Canon (priest)|canon]] at [[Cologne Cathedral]] and [[Magdeburg Cathedral]]
* [[John IV of Saxe-Lauenburg (prince-bishop)|John]] (1483–1547), as John IV [[Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim]] (1503–1547)
* Rudolph (died 1503)
* Elisabeth (died circa 1542)
: married Duke [[Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen|Henry IV]] of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1460–1526)
* Henry (died young)
* Frederick (died before 1501)
* Anna (died 1504)
: married firstly in 1490 Count John of Lindau-Ruppin (died 1500)
: married secondly, in about 1503, Count Frederick Spiegelberg (died 1537)
== References ==
* Hermann von Ohnesorge: ''Geschichte des Entwicklungsganges der Brandenburg-Preußischen Monarchie'', J.C. Hinrichs, 1841, p.&nbsp;219
== Footnotes ==
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