Amalie of Brandenburg (born: 1 October 1461 on the

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; died: 3 September 1481 in

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) was, by marriage,

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and Duchess of

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and

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Life

Amalie was the eldest daughter of the Elector Albert III Achilles of Brandenburg (1414–1486) from his second marriage to

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(1436–1512), daughter of the Elector Frederick II of Saxony. At the age of four years Amalie was engaged with Count Palatine and Duke Kaspar of Zweibrücken-Veldenz (1458–1527) after her older half-sister Margaret, had broken off her engagement with him. The marriage took place ten years later on 19 April 1478 in

. Amalie received as her

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: Veldenz Castle,

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, the Herxheim court, the community of Falkenburg and

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. Amalia left her husband and returned to her father when Kaspar showed signs of "madness".August B. Michaelis: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser in Teutschland'', Meyer, 1760, p. 78 Before her 20th birthday, Amalie got very ill and went to bathe in the spa Baden-Baden, where she died. A fierce controversy erupted about her dower: her father-in-law, Count Palatine

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of Zweibrücken-Veldenz tried to recover it, but Kaspar refused to return it.

References and sources

* Julius von Minutoli (eds.): ''Das kaiserliche Buch des Markgrafen Albrecht Achilles',' Schneider, 1850; reprinted: Zeller, 1984, , p. 488.

Footnotes

External links

* E.L. Seibert:
The Prisoner of Castle Nohfelden
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