Sophia of Mecklenburg (1508–1541)
Sophia of Mecklenburg (1508–1541)
Duchess of Lüneburg. Born in 1508; died on June 17, 1541; daughter of Ursula of Brandenburg (1488–1510) and Henry III, duke of Mecklenburg; married Ernest the Pious of Zelle, duke of Lüneburg, on June 2, 1528; children: Francis Otto (b. 1530), duke of Brunswick; Henry (b. 1533), duke of Danneburg; William the Younger (b. 1535), duke of Lüneburg.
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