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Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)

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Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Queen of Denmark from 1534 to 1559

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state in Denmark.
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Christian III of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1534 to 1559

Christian III reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown. He established Lutheranism as the state religion within his realms as part of the Protestant…
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