Sophie Elisabeth Pentz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Daughter of Christian IV of Denmark
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Place of Birth: Skanderborg, Central Denmark Region, Denmark
About Sophie Elisabeth Pentz
- Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein (20 September 1619 – April 29, 1657) was a daughter and the eldest child of king Christian IV of Denmark and Kirsten Munk.
- She shared the title Countess of Schleswig-Holstein with her mother and siblings. As her siblings, she was raised by her grandmother Ellen Marsvin and then the supervision of the royal governess Karen Sehested.
- She was betrothed in 1620 and married on 10 October 1634 to Christian von Pentz.
- She was her mother Kirsten Munks' favourite, and her visits to her mother during her house arrest made her father prolong Kirsten's house arrest in 1646.
- Sophie Elisabeth sided with her sister Leonora Christina Ulfeldt in her conflict with the crown and took Leonora's son to her at the Swedish court in 1654.
- She returned to Denmark in 1656.
- Sophie Elisabeth is described as brutal and temperamental.
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