Anna of Brandenburg (1 January 1507 – 19 June 1567) was the duchess consort of
Mecklenburg
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from 1524 to 1567.
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
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with Duke
Albert VII of Mecklenburg (1486–1547). She brought a dowry of into the marriage, and in return received as her
jointure Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family. One of its most important functions was providing a livelihood for the wife if she became ...
the city and district of
Lübz and the district of
Crivitz
Crivitz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 18 km east of Schwerin. The founder of the town Crivitz, Wisconsin named it after his hometown Crivitz. It has a friendship li ...
.
[Verein für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Alterthumskunde: ''Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher'', vol. 22-23, Schwerin, 1857, p. 14]
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:
* Magnus (1524-1524)
*
John Albert I (1525–1576), Duke of Mecklenburg, married
*# in 1555 Princess
Anna Sophia of Prussia (1527–1591)
*
Ulrich III (1527–1603), Duke of Mecklenburg, married
*# in 1556 Princess
Elizabeth of Denmark (1524–1586)
*# in 1588 Princess Anna of Pomerania-Wolgast (1554–1626)
*
George (1528–1552)
*
Anna (1533–1602), married
*# in 1566 with
Gotthard Kettler
Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (also ''Godert'', ''Ketteler''; ; ; ; 2 February 1517 – 17 May 1587) was the last Master of the Livonian Order from 1559 to 1561 and the first Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, Duke of Courland and Semigallia f ...
, Duke of Courland (1517–1587)
* Louis (1535-1535)
* John (1536-1536)
*
Christopher
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(1537–1592), Administrator of
Ratzeburg
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, married
*# in 1573 with Princess Dorothea of Denmark (1528–1575)
*# in 1581 with Princess Elisabeth of Sweden (1549–1597)
* Sophie (1538-1538)
*
Charles I (1540–1610), Duke of Mecklenburg
Bibliography
* Ernst Seraphim: ''Geschichte Von Livland: 1. Band: Das Livlndische Mittelalter Und Die Zeit Der Reformation'', BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p. 212 ff
* Friedrich Ludwig Röper: ''Geschichte und Anekdoten von Dobberan in Mecklenburg:'', self-published, 1808, p. 176
External links
* http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1500.htm
* http://www.emecklenburg.de/Niklot/i0128.htm
Footnotes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anna Of Brandenburg, Duchess Of Mecklenburg
16th-century German women
Duchesses of Mecklenburg
House of Hohenzollern
1507 births
1567 deaths
16th-century German nobility
Burials at Schwerin Cathedral
Daughters of prince-electors
Mothers of German monarchs