Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg explained

Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
House:	House of Guelph
Father:	William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother:	Dorothea of Denmark
Spouse:	Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
Issue:	George William Christian I

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

Notes and References

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