Elisabeth Magdalene of Brandenburg
Elisabeth Magdalene von Brandenburg (born November 6, 1537 in Cölln ; † September 1, 1595 ibid) was Margravine of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .
Life
Elisabeth Magdalene was a daughter of the Brandenburg Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) from his second marriage to Hedwig (1513–1572), daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland .
She married on February 5, 1559 in Cölln Duke Franz Otto von Braunschweig-Celle (1530–1559), son of Ernst I von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , who had taken office in 1555 but died of the leaves in the year of the marriage. Elisabeth Magdalene then lived again in Berlin, although as Wittum she had been assigned the office of Lochau .
On September 11, 1595, she was buried in the Hohenzollern crypt in the Berlin Cathedral .
literature
- Dieter Brozat: The Berlin Cathedral . Berlin 1985. ISBN 3775902716 .
- Carl Friedrich Goeschel: Elisabeth Magdalena born Margravine of Brandenburg, widowed Duchess of Braunschweig , Besser, Berlin, 1841
- Carl Friedrich Goeschel: Elisabeth, the first Electress of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern , Mittler, 1844, p. 44
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| SURNAME | Elisabeth Magdalene of Brandenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Margravine of Brandenburg and Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1537 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cölln |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1595 |
| Place of death | Cölln |