Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter

Dorothea Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein (1 September 1629 – 18 March 1687) was the daughter of king Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk.

As were her siblings, she was raised by her grandmother Ellen Marsvin. She was known as Miss leftover, as the king did not recognize her as his child, believing her to be the daughter of Otto Louis of Salm. Marsvin tried to have her recognized, but failed, and in 1637, she was sent to Hamburg and then to a convent school in Cologne. She converted to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism, religion of her parents, and became a nun there in 1646. She was legitimized in 1648.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter

16. Frederick I of Denmark

8. Christian III of Denmark

17. Anna of Brandenburg

4. Frederick II of Denmark

18. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

9. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

19. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Christian IV of Denmark

20. Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg

10. Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

21. Anna of Brandenburg

5. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

22. Frederick I of Denmark

11. Elizabeth of Denmark

23. Sophie of Pomerania

1. Dorothea Elisabeth Christiansdatter

24. Mogens Olufsen Munk

12. Ludvik Mogensen Munk

25. Karen Ludvigsdatter Rosenkrantz

6. Ludvig Ludviksen Munk

26. Peder Hansen Lykke

13. Kirsten Pedersdatter Lykke

27. Kirsten Pedersdatter Høg
or
Karen Pedersdatter Reventlow

3. Kirsten Munk

28. Peder Jørgensen Marsvin

14. Jørgen Pedersen Marsvin

29. Helle Tagesdatter Hollunger

7. Ellen Jørgensdatter Marsvin

30. Otte Henriksson Gyldenstierne

15. Karen Ottesdatter Gyldenstierne

31. Helvig Mogensdatter Gøye

References

http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1163/origin/170/ (in Danish)
http://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/1414/origin/170/ (in Danish)
Dansk biografisk Lexikon / IV. Bind. Clemens - Eynden (in Danish)

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