[3] When her future spouse first arrived for the wedding in 1590, he disguised himself as a jeweler; he presented her with jewelry, and stated that prize was her body.

As a result, he was thrown in jail until he could prove his identity and explain that it had been a joke[citation needed].

In September 1598 Scottish ambassadors David Cunningham and Peter Young came to Gröningen Priory seeking support for James VI's succession to the English throne.

In 1616, she removed her son, Frederick Ulrich, from the government with the support of her brother, Christian IV of Denmark-Norway, because of his alcoholism.

She resumed the regency, and she remained in charge for the next six years, assisted by Anton von Streithorst.