Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1589–1629)

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Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg (1589–1629)
Elisabeth Sofia (age 7)
painting Andreas Riehl the Elder J. 1596

Elisabeth Sophie von Brandenburg (born July 4, 1589 in Berlin , † December 24, 1629 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a princess of Brandenburg and was successively married to Princess of Radziwiłł and Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg .

Life

Elisabeth Sophie was a daughter of the Brandenburg Elector Johann Georg (1525–1598) from his third marriage to Elisabeth (1563–1607), daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt .

She married Janusz I. Radziwiłł (1579-1620), Prince of Birsen and Dubincky , Crown General and Captain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, on March 27, 1613 in Berlin .

In 1628 Elisabeth Sophie sold her personal property , the lordship, town and palace of Lichtenberg in the Principality of Bayreuth to her brother, Margrave Christian von Bayreuth . Prince Janusz had acquired the rule in 1617 as a Wittum for his wife for 100,000 guilders from the von Waldenfels family.

Her second husband became Duke Julius Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1586-1665) on February 27, 1628 in Theusing .

Elisabeth Sophie is buried in St. Mary's Church in Frankfurt .

progeny

From her first marriage, Elisabeth Sophie had a son:

  • Boguslaw (1620–1669), Prince Radziwill
⚭ 1665 Princess Anna Maria Radziwill (1640–1667)

She also had a son with her second husband:

⚭ 1653/54 Princess Sibylle Hedwig of Saxony-Lauenburg (1625–1703)

literature

  • FAW Dünnemann: Studbook of the Brandenburg-Prussian regents. Nauck, 1831, p. 105.
  • Christian von Stramberg, Anton Joseph Weidenbach: Memorable and useful Rhenish antiquarian. Volume 1, part 3, RF Hergt, 1853, p. 338.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch: Neues Prussisches Adels-Lexicon: or genealogical and diplomatic news from the princely, counts, baronial and noble houses residing in or related to the Prussian monarchy. Volume 4, Gebr. Reichenbach, 1837, p. 82.
  2. ^ Hartwig Peetz: Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Culmbach, 1603-1655. C. Giessel, 1859, p. 391.
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess Radziwiłł; Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1629
Place of death Frankfurt Oder