Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Spouse(s) Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg
Noble family House of Hohenzollern
Father Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother Elisabeth of Denmark
Born (1507-01-01)1 January 1507
Died 19 June 1567(1567-06-19) (aged 60)
Lübz
Buried Schwerin Cathedral

Anna of Brandenburg (1 January 1507 died June 19, 1567 in Lübz) was a Princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.

Life

Anna was the eldest daughter of the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (1484–1535) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1485–1555), daughter of King Johann of Denmark.

She married on 17 January 1524, in Berlin with Duke Albert VII of Mecklenburg (1486–1547). She brought a dowry of 20000guilders into the marriage, and in return received as her jointure the city and district of Lübz and the district of Crivitz.[1]

After her husband's death in 1547, she took up residence at the Eldenburg in her widow seat of Lübz.

Anna died in 1567. In her will, dated 25 March 1557, John Albert I had her buried in Schwerin Cathedral.

Issue

From her marriage Anna had the following children:

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Verein für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, vol. 22-23, Schwerin, 1857, p. 14
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