She is a direct descendant of Landgrave Conrad Georg Reventlow (1749-1815), Privy Councillor of Denmark from his relationship with Marie Sophie Brag (b.

[1] Dorrit is the third child in the family, her sister Rosa was born in 1938 and is married to French-Brazilian industrialist Jose Carlos Gonçalves.

After the death of her first husband in 1985 she returned to Denmark, where she worked as a representative of a Portuguese tourism company, also serving as the chair of a Danish-Brazilian society.

In this role, Princess Dorrit succeeded in expanding the society's membership, while promoting Portuguese language and culture.

In 1961, she married Dom Telmo José Coelho de Braganza (1925–1985), descendant of King Pedro II of Portugal.