Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Kunigunde von Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born June 17, 1523 in Ansbach , † February 27, 1558 in Pforzheim ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and by marriage Margravine of Baden .

Life

Kunigunde was the youngest child of Margrave Kasimir von Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481–1527) from his marriage to Susanne (1502–1543), daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria .

She married Margrave Charles II of Baden-Durlach (1529–1577) on March 10, 1551 in Neustadt an der Aisch . Kunigunde was raised in the Lutheran faith while her husband was a member of the Catholic Church. Karl began to turn to the Reformation , also under the influence of his wife .

After his ostracism in 1554, Kunigunde took her brother Albrecht Alcibiades into their residence in Pforzheim, where he died in 1557, a year before his sister. In 1556, both were among the first prominent spa guests of the Liebenzell mineral springs . Kunigunde was buried in the collegiate church of St. Michael in Pforzheim, in whose choir there is also a cenotaph of the margravine.

The precious prayer book of the Margravine of Brandenburg , which had been made by Narcissus Renner for her mother in 1520 , came into Baden possession via Kunigunde . It is now in the Baden State Library .

progeny

Kunigunde had two children from their marriage:

Marie (1553–1561)
Albrecht (1555–1574)

Web links

Book of hours of Margravine Susanna von Brandenburg in the digital collections of the Badische Landesbibliothek

Individual evidence

↑ Julius Hartmann (ed.): Johannes Brenz: Life and selected writings , RL Friedrichs, 1862, p. 274
↑ JA Hartmann: Liebenzell described based on the results of 19 years of experience , SG Liesching, 1852, p. 49
↑ Ute Obhof: The 'Prayer Book of the Margravine of Brandenburg' . In: look into history. Karlsruhe contributions to the history of the city . No. 53 . Karlsruhe December 14, 2001.

personal data
SURNAME	Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margravine of Baden
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1523
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ansbach
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1558
Place of death	Pforzheim

[1] Julius Hartmann (ed.): Johannes Brenz: Life and selected writings , RL Friedrichs, 1862, p. 274

[2] JA Hartmann: Liebenzell described based on the results of 19 years of experience , SG Liesching, 1852, p. 49

[3] Ute Obhof: The 'Prayer Book of the Margravine of Brandenburg' . In: look into history. Karlsruhe contributions to the history of the city . No. 53 . Karlsruhe December 14, 2001.