Anna of Brandenburg (1507–1567)

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Anna of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Anna von Brandenburg (born January 1, 1507 , † June 19, 1567 in Lübz ) was a princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg .

Life

Anna was the eldest daughter of Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (1484–1535) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1485–1555), daughter of King John of Denmark .

She married Duke Albrecht VII of Mecklenburg (1486–1547) in Berlin on January 17, 1524 . In exchange for her dowry of 20,000 guilders, Anna's office and city of Lübz and the office of Crivitz were assigned as personal items. Anna was described as unhappy and bitter. She turned away from Lutheranism again to become a Catholic . While she had developed no bond with her eldest, she showed all her affection to the two youngest sons.

After the death of her husband, Anna lived on the Eldenburg in her widow's residence in Lübz, which was the only part of the country not to have joined the Lutheran Reformation. In 1559, despite his mother's religion, Duke Johann Albrecht forcibly expelled all Catholic priests and monks. Anna was buried against her last will in Schwerin Cathedral . Because during her lifetime she had set her burial in the town church of her Wittum. In her will of March 25, 1557, she wished to be buried according to the Catholic rite, committing both the seventh and the thirtieth. The eldest son disregarded his mother's wishes by deciding to bury Anna in the Protestant cathedral. The duchess received no tomb in Lübz or Schwerin.

progeny

Anna had the following children from their marriage:

⚭ 1555 Princess Anna Sophie of Prussia (1527–1591)
⚭ 1. 1556 Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1524–1586)
⚭ 2. 1588 Princess Anna of Pommern-Wolgast (1554–1626)
⚭ 1566 Gotthard Kettler , Duke of Courland (1517–1587)
⚭ 1. 1573 Princess Dorothea of ​​Denmark (1528–1575)
⚭ 2. 1581 Princess Elisabeth of Sweden (1549–1597)
  • Sophie (* / † 1538)
  • Charles I (1540–1610), Duke of Mecklenburg

literature

  • Ernst Seraphim: History of Livonia: Volume 1: The Livonian Middle Ages And The Time Of The Reformation , BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, p. 212 f.
  • Friedrich Ludwig Röper: History and anecdotes of Dobberan in Mecklenburg:, Selbstverl, 1808, p. 176

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Schwerin: Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, Volume 22-23 , 1857, p. 14
  2. ↑ http://www.luebz-online.de/genealog.htm
  3. ↑ Gustav Hempel : Geographical-statistical-historical manual of the Meklenburger Land , E. Frege, 1843, p. 447
  4. ↑ Mineker, Ilka, the monastery to the residence , Münster 2007, p 243ff.
personal data
SURNAME Anna of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1507
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1567
Place of death Luebz