Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1631)
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Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (4 September 1557, Wismar – 14 October 1631, Nykoping) was a German noblewoman and Queen of Denmark and Norway.
She was the daughter of Duke Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princess Elizabeth of Denmark (a daughter of Frederick I and Sophie of Pomerania), and, through her father, descended from king Hans of Denmark.
On 20 July 1572, in Copenhagen, she married Frederick II of Denmark. They had seven children:
- Elisabeth (25 August 1573 – 19 June 1626), married in 1590 to Duke Henry Julius of Braunschweig.
- Anna (14 October 1574 – 4 March 1619), married on 23 November 1589 to King James I of England
- Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648)
- Ulrik (30 December 1578 – 27 March 1624)
- Augusta (8 April 1580 – 5 February 1639), married on 30 August 1596 to Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp
- Hedwig (5 August 1581 – 26 November 1641), married on 12 September 1602 to Christian II, Elector of Saxony
- Johan of Schleswig-Holstein (9 July 1583 – 28 October 1602)
[edit] Genetics
As a matrilineal descendant of Elisabeth of Luxembourg and thus a relative of Nicholas II of Russia, she and all her female-line descendants are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.
