Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg (1446–1519)

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Dorothea von Brandenburg (* 1446 , † March 1519 ) was a princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg .

Life

Grave slab in the Ratzeburg Cathedral

Dorothea was the eldest child of Elector Friedrich II of Brandenburg (1413–1471) from his marriage to Katharina (1421–1476), daughter of Elector Friedrich I of Saxony .

She married Duke Johann IV of Saxony-Lauenburg (1439–1507) on February 12, 1464 in Lüneburg . As the eldest daughter of Elector Friedrich, who had no surviving sons, the marriage speech is important. In addition to 10,000 gulden bridal treasure , Friedrich promised his son-in-law: “ So everything that our dear daughter of erbs and right because of all our hereditary possessions, whether or not we can inherit from us, may be born according to antzal as vil as the other unnser children, one who lives in Well Inn seyen, and which the almechtig goth might still forbid us ”. However, Friedrich later resigned in favor of his brother Albrecht Achilles in order to keep the inheritance in the family, according to his own admission.

Friedrich also owed his son-in-law the marriage money. Dorothea's uncle Johann therefore compared himself to Duke Johann in 1482.

On March 20, 1519, Duchess Dorothea found her final resting place in the Ratzeburg Cathedral . The preserved tombstone shows her and her husband in relief in round arch niches.

progeny

Dorothea had the following children from their marriage:

  • Adelheid († young)
  • Sophie
⚭ 1491 Count Anton I of Holstein-Schauenburg († 1526)
  • Magnus I (1470–1543), Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg
  • Erich (1472–1522), Bishop of Hildesheim and Münster
  • Katharina, nun
  • Bernhard († 1524)
  • Johann (1483–1547), Bishop of Hildesheim
  • Rudolf († 1503)
  • Elisabeth († approx. 1542)
⚭ Duke Heinrich IV of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1460–1526)
  • Heinrich († young)
  • Friedrich († before 1501)
  • Anna († 1504)
⚭ 1. 1490 Count Johann von Lindau-Ruppin († 1500)
⚭ 2. approx. 1503 Count Friedrich von Spiegelberg († 1537)

literature

  • Hermann von Ohnesorge: History of the development of the Brandenburg-Prussian monarchy , JC Hinrichs, 1841, p. 219

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adolph Friedrich Riedel: Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis: Collection of documents, chronicles and other sources for the history of the Mark Brandenburg and its regents, Volume 6 , FH Morin, 1865, p. 121
  2. ↑ Peter Godzik (Ed.): Reformation and Marriage Policy - Duke Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg as opponent of the Ratzeburg bishop and father-in-law of the Lutheran princes in the north , 2006. (online at pkgodzik.de) , p. 4 (PDF file; 390 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1446
DATE OF DEATH March 1519