Ursula of Brandenburg

This article is about the Duchess of Mecklenburg. For the Duchess of Münsterberg and Oels and Countess of Glatz, see Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels.
Ursula of Brandenburg
Spouse(s) Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
Noble family House of Hohenzollern
Father John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother Margarethe of Saxony
Born 17 October 1488
Berlin
Died 18 September 1510 (aged 21)
Güstrow
Buried Doberan Minster

Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg (17 October 1488, Berlin – 18 September 1510, Güstrow) was a German noblewoman.

She was the daughter of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margarethe of Saxony.

At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1479–1552). They had three children:

  1. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  2. Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father)
  3. Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz

She died in 1510 at age 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.

Ancestry