Agnes of Brandenburg (1298–1334)

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Portrait of Agnes in the Brunswick Cathedral

Agnes (* around 1297 ; † November 27, 1334 in Braunschweig ) was a Margravine of Brandenburg and Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg .

Life

Agnes was born as the daughter of Margrave Hermann von Brandenburg (younger line of the Ascanians ) and his wife Anna von Habsburg . In 1309 she married Margrave Woldemar von Brandenburg, who came from the older Ascanian line. After he died in 1319, Agnes married Duke Otto the Mild of Braunschweig and Lüneburg on December 14th of the same year . Otto brought his daughter Agnes (1317–1371) into this marriage. The body breed from the old and Mittelmark claimed Agnes successfully against the claims of the older Ascanian Duke Rudolf von Sachsen-Wittenberg . In a settlement on May 4, 1323 with King Ludwig , she reached that Otto should be awarded the Altmark and thus the cities of Gardelegen, Osterburg, Salzwedel, Stendal and Tangermünde after her death. In return, Agnes renounced the Mittelmark. From 1329 Otto and Agnes called themselves Lord and Mistress of the Old Mark. However, Otto did not succeed in maintaining his claims against the new Wittelsbach margraves after the death of Agnes. Therefore he finally renounced these lands in 1341 after a military defeat for a sum of money.

Agnes was buried in the Laurentius Chapel in the St. Blasii Cathedral in Braunschweig.

siblings
  • Judith (Jutta) von Brandenburg-Salzwedel (~ 1301–1353), heiress of Coburg, married to Count Heinrich VIII. Von Henneberg († 1347)
  • Johann V of Brandenburg (1302–1317) since 1308 Margrave of Brandenburg.
  • Mathilde von Brandenburg-Salzwedel († 1323), heiress of Niederlausitz, married Duke Heinrich IV. Von Schlesien-Glogau († 1342)

literature

Web links

Commons : Agnes von Brandenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gudrun Pischke: Agnes, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 29-30 .
  2. ^ DI 35: City of Braunschweig I (1993) on inschriften.net
personal data
SURNAME Agnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandenburg, Agnes von; Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Agnes von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margravine of Brandenburg, Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1298
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1334
Place of death Braunschweig