# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hedwig-of-denmark
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:47:58.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hedwig-of-denmark"
name: "Hedwig of Denmark"
slug: "hedwig-of-denmark"
description: "Princess Hedwig of Denmark was the youngest daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Electress of Saxony from 1602 to 1611 as the wife of Christian II. The marriage was childless, and her husband was succeeded by his brother John George. After Christian's death in 1611, the Dowager Electress Hedwig held a powerful position in Saxony."
tagline: "Electress consort of Saxony (1581-1641)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prinsesse_Hedevig_(1581-1641).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1581-08-05"
deathDate: "1641-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.52
  momentum:             2.270676691729323
  historical:           17.09604266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Χεδβίγη της Δανίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيدويج من الدنمارك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedvika_D%C3%A1nsk%C3%A1"
    title: "Hedvika Dánská"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedevig_af_Danmark"
    title: "Hedevig af Danmark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_von_D%C3%A4nemark"
    title: "Hedwig von Dänemark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hedwig of Denmark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Eduviges de Dinamarca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hedwige de Danemark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヘゼヴィ・ア・ダンマーク"
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    title: "ჰედვიგ დანიელი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hedevig av Danmark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_Oldenburg"
    title: "Jadwiga Oldenburg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edviges da Dinamarca"
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    title: "Гедвига Датская"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hedviga Dánska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hedvig av Danmark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%B4%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Ядвіга Данська"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E9%BA%A5%E7%9A%84%E6%B5%B7%E5%BE%B7%E8%96%87%E6%A0%BC"
    title: "丹麥的海德薇格"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q452932"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump