and Princess Sophia of Sweden in an effort to establish peace, without his knowledge and during ongoing warfare. She defended herself by saying that she had only intended to benefit Denmark, but the king suspected her for treason and had her informally exiled to Sønderborg Castle, where she resided the remainder of her life. Frederick II also had a ship she sent to Magnus with supplies seized under suspicion that it was heading for Sweden. Queen Dorothea is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral near Copenhagen. Children Dorothea had the following children: Anne of Denmark (1532–1585). Consort to Augustus, Elector of Saxony Frederick II (1534–1588). Magnus, King of Livonia (1540–1583). Johann II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1545–1622). Dorothea of Denmark (1546–1617). Consort to William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and mother to George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Ancestry References Article in the Dansk biografisk Lexikon Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon |- 1511 births 1571 deaths House of Ascania Danish royal consorts Norwegian royal consorts Denmark–Norway Converts to Lutheranism from Roman Catholicism Burials at Roskilde Cathedral Duchesses of Saxe-Lauenburg Christian III of Denmark Queen mothers Daughters of monarchs