Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal

Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal (1300-1356) was a daughter of Margrave Henry I (1256–1318) and his wife Agnes of Bavaria (1276–1345).

In 1327, she married Duke Magnus "the Pious" of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1304–1369), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. The following children reached adulthood:

• Magnus with the Necklace, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1324–1373), married Catherine, daughter of Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. They had more than ten children, some dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Also Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, grandmother of Christian I of Denmark.
• Louis (died 1367)
• Albert, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen (died 1395)
• Henry, Provost of Halberstadt Cathedral
• Ernest
• Matilda (d.a. 1354), married Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (d. 1348). They had two known children:
  • Otto III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
  • Gertrude, married to Günther XII, Count of Schwarzburg.
• Agnes (1343–1404), married in c. 1360 to Count Heinrich/Henry of Hohnstein (de) (d. 1408). They had about six children, two counts of Hohnstein.
• Sophie (c. 1340 – c. 1394), married in c. 1360 to Count Dietrich V of Hohnstein (c. 1306 – 1379), cousin of Heinrich, sharing their county and lordships. She was Dietrich's second (possibly third) wife, and in addition to his other children she bore him one daughter:
  • Agnes (1360–1404), married 1377 to Christian V, Count of Oldenburg-Welsburg (c. 1342 – a. 1399). One of their sons, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, was father of Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, an ancestor of many Danish kings.

Ancestry