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Sophie of Pomerania

Queen of Denmark (1523–1533) and Norway (1524–1533)

Summary

Queen of Denmark (1523–1533) and Norway (1524–1533)

Field	Value
consort	yes
succession	Queen consort of Denmark
image	Dronning-Sophie.jpg
caption	16th century portrait
reign	1523–1533
coronation	13 August 1525
succession1	Queen consort of Norway
reign1	1524–1533
spouse
issue	John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev
Elizabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Anne
Dorothea, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Frederick, Bishop of Hildesheim and Schleswig
house	House of Griffin
father	Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania
mother	Anna Jagiellon
birth_date	c. 1498
birth_place	Stettin (Szczecin)
death_date
death_place	Kiel
place of burial	Schleswig Cathedral

Elizabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Anne Dorothea, Duchess of Mecklenburg Frederick, Bishop of Hildesheim and Schleswig |}}

Plön Castle after its renovation in 2006; from the southwest with the [[Großer Plöner See]] in the foreground. The [[Kiel–Lübeck railway]] runs along its banks.

Sophie of Pomerania (1498 – 13 May 1568) was Queen of Denmark and Norway as the second wife of Frederick I. She is known for her independent rule over her fiefs Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein as queen.

Life

Born in Stettin (Szczecin) into the House of Pomerania, she was the daughter of Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania and the Polish princess Anna Jagiellon.

After the death of his first spouse Anna of Brandenburg in 1514, she married the future Frederick I of Denmark. Not much is known about her personality. She is not known to have played any political role. She is thought to have been interested in religion: a German psalm, "Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hülf und Trost", is believed to have been written by her.

Sophie became queen consort of Denmark and Norway upon the ascension of her spouse to the throne of Denmark in 1523 and Norway in 1524. She was crowned Queen of Denmark on 13 August 1525 (but never crowned Queen of Norway). At her coronation, she was granted Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein for her income. In 1526, Anne Meinstrup was appointed head lady-in-waiting for her court. Queen Sophie did not live at the Danish court as queen, but resided separated from her spouse on her property in Kiel, and treated her estates as her private independent fiefs, which caused disagreements with her spouse during his reign. The conflicts continued during the reign of his successors and until her death.

In 1533, she became a widow and moved to Gottorp Castle with her children, awaiting the outcome of the election of the new king. During the Count's Feud 1533–36, her estates was occupied. In 1538, her stepson, the new king, Christian III, asked her to leave Gottorp because of the costs and reside in Kiel. She demanded the right to rule independently over her fiefs, but was in 1540 forced to accept the superiority of the king.

Issue

She had six children:

Duke John of Holstein-Haderslev (28 June 1521 – 2 October 1580)
Elizabeth (14 October 1524 – 15 October 1586), married:
on 26 August 1543 to Duke Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
on 14 February 1556 to Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg
Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 – 1 October 1586)
Anne (1527 – 4 June 1535)
Dorothea (1528 – 11 November 1575), married on 27 October 1573 to Duke Christof of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Frederick, Bishop of Hildesheim and Schleswig (13 April 1532 – 27 October 1556).

Ancestry

Literature

Politikens bog om Danske monarker, af Benito Scocozza, 1997
Danske dronninger i tusind år, af Steffen Heiberg, 2000

References

Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XVI. Bind. Skarpenberg - Sveistrup (in Danish)

Wikipedia Source

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