Sophie of Pomerania

She is known for her independent rule over her fiefs Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein as queen.

At her coronation, she was granted Lolland and Falster, the castles in Kiel and Plön, and several villages in Holstein for her income.

Queen Sophie did not live at the Danish court as queen, but resided separated from her spouse on her property in Kiel, and treated her estates as her private independent fiefs, which caused disagreements with her spouse during his reign.

In 1533, she became a widow and moved to Gottorp Castle with her children, awaiting the outcome of the election of the new king.

In 1538, her stepson, the new king, Christian III, asked her to leave Gottorp because of the costs and reside in Kiel.

Plön Castle after its renovation in 2006; from the southwest with the Großer Plöner See in the foreground. The Kiel–Lübeck railway runs along its banks.