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Dorothea of Brandenburg ( 1430 / 1431November 10 , 1495 ) was the Consort of Christopher Of Bavaria and Christian I Of Denmark . She is also known as Dorothea of Hohenzollern and as Dorothy Achillies.

Dorothea was born in 1430 or 1431 to - 1481 , who became the Duchess Of Milan , and Elisabeth (14??- 1451 ), who married Joachim, Duke Of Pomerania (14??- 1451 ).

She married firstly, on 12 September 1445 , Christopher Of Bavaria , the King of Denmark and Norway from 1440 -1448 and of Sweden from 1441 -1448.

Dorothea married, secondly, on 28 October 1449 , King Christian I Of Denmark . The had five children:


Dorothea died on 25 November 1495 , and is interred next to her husband in Roskilde Cathedral .