Hedwig of Denmark


Princess Hedwig of Denmark was the youngest daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of MecklenburgGstrow, and Electress of Saxony from 1602 to 1611 as the wife of Christian II.

Hedwig was born onAugust 1581 at Frederiksborg Palace in Denmark, the seventh child and fourth daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of MecklenburgGstrow. One of her three sisters was Princess Anne of Denmark, future queen of England and Scotland, and one of her brothers became Christian IV of Denmark. Like her siblings, she spent most of her childhood away from Denmark in her case with her mothers relative in Mecklenburg.

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