Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588 as the wife of Frederick II. She was the mother of Christian IV and Anne of Denmark, and served as regent of the duchies
Portrait by Hans Knieper, c. 1572 Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen
Portrait miniature of a young Queen Sophie, aged approximately 23, in ca. 1580.
Bronze bust of a youthful Queen Sophie, made by J.G. van der Schardt, between 1578 and 1579.
Sophie of Mecklenborg, newly widowed, in 1591.
Anne of Denmark
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Anne of Denmark was Queen of Scotland from her marriage to King James VI on 20 August 1589, and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English Crowns on 24 March 1603, until h
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
…September 1557 – 4 October 1631) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1572 to 1588 as the wife of Frederick II. She was the mother of Christian IV and Anne of Denmark, and served as regent of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from 1590 to 1594. Especially noted for her effective management of her extensive dower…
1605 portrait
James VI in 1586, aged twenty, three years before his marriage to Anne
1589 marriage contract between Anne of Denmark and James VI
Anne of Denmark as Queen of Scotland, 1595, by Adrian Vanson