Magdalena of Brandenburg (1460–1496)

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Grave slab of Magdalena and her husband in the collegiate church of Hechingen

Magdalena von Brandenburg (* 1460 in Tangermünde ; † June 17, 1496 at Hohenzollern Castle ) was a princess of Brandenburg and, by marriage, Countess of Hohenzollern .

Life

Magdalena was the only child of Margrave Friedrich III. von Brandenburg (1424–1463) from his marriage to Agnes (1436–1512), daughter of Duke Barnim VIII of Pomerania .

She married Count Eitel Friedrich II of Hohenzollern (1452–1512) on June 17, 1482 in the Berlin Palace . The connection between the Swabian and Brandenburg lines was important to the Hohenzollern family ; Magdalena became the ancestor of the princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .

Magdalena was buried in the Catholic collegiate church of St. Jakob in Hechingen . Her grave slab next to the high altar, probably created by the Nuremberg sculptor Peter Vischer , represents her together with her husband. Magdalena is shown here in old German costume with the swan order around her neck; at her feet a dog, the symbol of female loyalty. The tomb is one of Hechingen's great art treasures.

progeny

From their marriage, Magdalena had the following children:

  • Wolfgang (1483 / 84–1517), Count of Hohenzollern
⚭ ca.1503 Princess Raisin of Baden (1487–1554)
  • Wandelberta (approx. 1484–1551)
⚭ 1507 Count Albrecht III. of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim († 1551)
⚭ 1513 Anastasia von Stoffeln († 1530)
  • Maria Salome (1488-1548)
⚭ 1507 Count Louis XV. of Oettingen († 1557)
⚭ 1515 Johanna von Witthem († 1544)
  • Anna (1496-1530), nun

literature

  • Ottmar F. Schönhuth: The castles, monasteries, churches and chapels of Württemberg and the Prussian-Hohenzollern regions with their stories, legends and fairy tales , Fischhaber, 1860, p. 305 f.
  • News about the royal family castle Hohenzollern: With 1 lithograph. Plan u. 8 woodcuts , Duncker, 1863, p. 46 ( digitized version )
  • Paul Theodor Marck : The Count's Prince and Royal Tribe of the Hohenzollern , G. Egersdorff, 1849, p. 49

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidelberger Jahrbücher der Literatur, Volume 40 , JCB Mohr, 1847, p. 135 ( digitized version )
  2. ↑ Helmut Linde: Schwäbische Alb , Baedeker, 2007, p. 216
personal data
SURNAME Magdalena of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Hohenzollern
DATE OF BIRTH 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH Tangermünde
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1496
Place of death Castle Hohenzollern