Elisabeth of Anhalt (1563–1607)

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Elisabeth von Anhalt (1563–1607), Electress of Brandenburg

Elisabeth von Anhalt (born September 15, 1563 in Zerbst ; † November 8, 1607 in Crossen ) was a princess of Anhalt and by marriage from October 6, 1577 until her husband's death on January 18, 1598, Electress of Brandenburg .

Life

Electress Elisabeth of Brandenburg at the age of 33. 1597

Elisabeth was a daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt (1536–1585) from his first marriage to Agnes (1540–1569), daughter of Count Wolfgang I von Barby .

On October 6, 1577, Elisabeth became the third wife of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg (1525–1598), who was almost 40 years her senior, in the Letzlingen hunting lodge . She was 16 years younger than her stepson Joachim Friedrich . The wedding was celebrated with little effort and Elisabeth received 400 guilders a year as a morning gift. Elisabeth brought 15,000 thalers into the marriage as a marriage good and received as a personal item , in addition to a considerable pension, the town and castle Crossen, the office and town of Züllichau and Bobersberg .

Elisabeth was considered a patron of the scholar Leonhard Thurneysser . After the death of her husband, already weakened by her many births, she and her younger children withdrew to their widow's residence at Schloss Crossen. She is buried in the Hohenzollern crypt of the Berlin Cathedral .

progeny

The following children emerged from the marriage with Johann Georg von Brandenburg:

  • Christian (1581–1655), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
⚭ 1604 Princess Marie of Prussia (1579–1649)
⚭ 1598 Landgrave Ludwig V of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577–1626)
⚭ 1612 Countess Sophie von Solms-Laubach (1594–1651)
⚭ 1. 1604 Duke Philipp Julius of Pommern-Wolgast (1584–1625)
⚭ 2. 1628 Duke Franz Karl of Saxony-Lauenburg (1594–1660)
⚭ 1. 1613 Prince Janusz I Radziwiłł (1579–1620)
⚭ 2. 1628 Duke Julius Heinrich of Sachsen-Lauenburg (1586–1665)
⚭ 1610 Duke Johann Christian von Brieg (1591–1639)

literature

  • Friederike Bornhak: Elisabeth von Anhalt: Electress of Brandenburg, third wife of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg, born 1563, died 1607 , S. Geibel, 1889
  • Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: The Electresses and Queens on the Throne of the Hohhenzollern , Part 2: The last eight Electresses , Berlin 1867, page 34 ff. ( Digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Family Tables Volume I.1, 1998; ISBN 3-465-02743-4; Plate 139
personal data
SURNAME Elisabeth of Anhalt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electress of Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1563
PLACE OF BIRTH Zerbst
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1607
Place of death Crosses