Sophie of Brandenburg (1541–1564)

Sophie von Brandenburg (born December 14, 1541 in Cölln ; † June 27, 1564 in Krumau ) was Margravine of Brandenburg and, by marriage, Burggravine of Bohemia.

Life

Sophie was the youngest daughter of the Brandenburg Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) from his second marriage to Hedwig (1513–1573), daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland .

She married on December 14, 1561, her 20th birthday, in Berlin Wilhelm von Rosenberg (1535–1592), head of the Rosenberg family , the most powerful family in Bohemia. The marriage was preceded by long negotiations, which Emperor Ferdinand also supported. Sophia's dowry was 20,000 guilders, upon which Wilhelm assured her a morning gift of 500 thalers and an annual pension of 4,000 guilders. Because of the difference in faith, Wilhelm was a Catholic, Sophie was guaranteed her evangelical faith and allowed her to preach.

After three and a half years of marriage, Sophie died within two days of a "plague-like illness" without giving birth to children. She was buried in the family crypt of the Rosenbergs in Hohenfurth Abbey . His marriage to the granddaughter of the Polish King Sigismund later made Wilhelm a candidate for the Polish royal throne.

Sophie von Rosenberg is associated with the figure of the white woman in the Berlin City Palace .

literature

Robert Prütz: Deutsches Museum , Volume 1, JC Hinrichs, 1864, p. 793 f.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Rosenberg, Sophie von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 11 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

↑ Joachim Bahlcke : Regionalism and State Integration in Controversy. The lands of the Bohemian crown in the first century of Habsburg rule (1526–1619) . Oldenbourg, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-486-56046-8 , p. 200.
↑ Karl Gottlieb Samuel Heun : The father's inheritance . In: Schriften , Vol. 59–60, AF Macklot, Stuttgart 1828, here Vol. 59, pp. 25–28.

personal data
SURNAME	Sophie of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Castle Countess of Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH	December 14, 1541
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cölln
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1564
Place of death	Krumlov

[1] Joachim Bahlcke : Regionalism and State Integration in Controversy. The lands of the Bohemian crown in the first century of Habsburg rule (1526–1619) . Oldenbourg, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-486-56046-8 , p. 200.

[2] Karl Gottlieb Samuel Heun : The father's inheritance . In: Schriften , Vol. 59–60, AF Macklot, Stuttgart 1828, here Vol. 59, pp. 25–28.