Anna of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

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Anna von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (* December 6, 1502 in Celle ; † November 6, 1568 in Stettin ) was a princess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania .

Life

Anna was a daughter of Duke Heinrich I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1468–1532) from his marriage to Margarete (1469–1528), daughter of Elector Ernst of Saxony .

She married Duke Barnim IX in Stettin on February 2, 1525 . of Pomerania (1501–1573). On the occasion of the marriage, Barnim made a protective alliance with Anna's father. For her dowry of 12,000 guilders, Anna Amt and Stadt Stolp were assured as Wittum, which was changed to the Amt of Rügenwalde in 1536 . Duchess Anna died before her husband in 1568, so these provisions did not apply. She was buried in the Szczecin Ottenkirche .

Anna was one of the strongest opponents of her brother-in-law Georg , through whom she discriminated against Barnim in the government, and through whose marriage intentions with Margarete from Brandenburg she saw her position at risk. Anna thus became a driving force behind the division of the brothers and the division of Pomerania in 1532.

progeny

Anna had the following children from their marriage:

⚭ 1544 Count Otto IV. Von Schauenburg-Pinneberg (1517–1576)
⚭ 1554 Count Johann I von Mansfeld († 1567)
  • Alexandra (* 1534; † young)
  • Elisabeth (1537–1554)
  • Anna (1531–1592)
⚭ 1. 1557 Prince Karl von Anhalt (1534–1561)
⚭ 2. 1566 Burgrave Heinrich VI. von Plauen (1536–1572)
⚭ 3. 1576 Count Jobst II of Barby-Mühlingen (1544–1609)
  • Sibylla (1541–1564)
  • Bogislaw (XII.) (Around August 27, 1542-before September 15, 1542)

literature

  • Friedrich Ludwig C. Medem: History of the introduction of Protestant teaching in the Duchy of Pomerania , 1837, p. 21
  • Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Publications of the regional historical research center for Pomerania, series 1, vol. 5. Leon Saunier, Stettin 1937, pp. 113–114.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Jakob Sell: History of the Duchy of Pomerania , Flittner, 1820, p. 427
personal data
SURNAME Anna of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1502
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1568
Place of death Szczecin