Dorothea Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein (1 September 1629 – 18 March 1687) was the daughter of king

Christian IV of Denmark Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 until his death in 1648. His reign of 59 years, 330 days is the longest of Danish monarchs and Scandinavian monar ...

and

Kirsten Munk Kirsten Munk (sometimes "Christina Munk"; 6 July 1598 19 April 1658) was a Danish noble, the second spouse of King Christian IV of Denmark, and mother to twelve of his children. Early life and morganatic marriage Kirsten Munk was the daughter o ...

. 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 (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

and then to a convent school in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

. She converted to

Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

from Lutheranism, religion of her parents, and became a

nun A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...

there in 1646. She was legitimized in 1648.

Ancestry

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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Christiansdatter, Dorothea Elisabeth 1629 births 1687 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism 17th-century Danish nobility Danish Roman Catholics 17th-century Danish people 17th-century German Lutheran nuns D Daughters of kings