Anna Maria of Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen

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Anna Maria von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen (born April 23, 1532 in Münden , † March 20, 1568 in Neuhausen near Königsberg ) was Duchess of Prussia by marriage from February 16, 1550 until her husband's death on March 20, 1568 .

Life

Anna Maria was the daughter of Duke Erich I of Braunschweig-Calenberg (1470–1540) and Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1510–1558). She married Margrave Albrecht I of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1490–1568) in Königsberg on February 16, 1550 , who was the first Duke of Prussia since 1525. On March 20, 1568 Albrecht died of the plague at Tapiau Castle , 16 hours after his death so did his second wife Anna Maria.

Their marriage resulted in a daughter, Elisabeth (1551–1596), and a son, who succeeded the Prussian Duke, Albrecht Friedrich (1553–1618).

literature

  • Rita Scheller: The woman at the Prussian ducal court (1550-1625) . Cologne: Grote 1966 (studies on the history of Prussia. 13). In it pp. 29–71: Duchess Anna Maria (1532–68), second wife of Duke Albrecht.
  • Peter Gerrit Thielen: The culture at the court of Duke Albrecht of Prussia (1525-1568) . Göttingen: Musterschmidt 1953 (Göttingen building blocks for historical science. 12) (Publications of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. 6), pp. 18-20.
  • Johannes Voigt: German court life in the age of the Reformation . Dresden: Jeß [1927], pp. 241–244.
  • Ingeborg Mengel: Elisabeth of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Albrecht of Prussia. An exchange of princes' letters from the Reformation period . Göttingen: Musterschmidt 1954 (Göttinger Baussteine ​​zur Geschichtswwissenschaft. 13/14) (Publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony. 12a. History of the Hanover Monastery Fund. Supplement) (Publications of the Commission for East and West Prussian State Research. 11)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Family Tables Volume I.1 1998 ISBN 3-465-02743-4 ; Plate 139


personal data
SURNAME Anna Maria of Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Prussia
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1532
PLACE OF BIRTH Münden
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1568
Place of death Neuhausen