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). Through her father, a grandson of Elizabeth of Oldenburg, she descended from king Hans of Denmark.

On 20 July 1572, in Copenhagen, she married Frederick II of Denmark. They had seven children:

1. Elisabeth (25 August 1573 – 19 June 1626), married in 1590 to Duke Henry Julius of Braunschweig.
2. Anna (14 October 1574 – 4 March 1619), married on 23 November 1589 to King James I of England
3. Christian IV of Denmark and Norway (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648)
4. Ulrik (30 December 1578 – 27 March 1624)
5. Augusta (8 April 1580 – 5 February 1639), married on 30 August 1596 to Duke Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp
6. Hedwig (5 August 1581 – 26 November 1641), married on 12 September 1602 to Christian II, Elector of Saxony
7. 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.