Anna of Brandenburg

Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein
IssueChristian III of Denmark
Dorothea, Duchess of PrussiaHouseHohenzollernFatherJohn Cicero, Elector of BrandenburgMotherMargaret of Thuringia

Margravine Anna of Brandenburg (27 August 1487 – 3 May 1514) was a German noblewoman.

Margravine Anna was the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margaret of Thuringia. She was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, and died in Kiel, Holstein.

Marriage

In 1500 she was betrothed to Frederick, then Duke of Schleswig and Holstein and, after her death, king of Denmark and Norway. Because they were second cousins (Frederick's mother Dorothea of Brandenburg was the cousin of Anna's father) their marriage required a Papal dispensation. In addition, the marriage was not held until 10 April 1502 due to Anna's youth. The marriage, held in Stendal, was a double one: on the same day, Anna's brother Joachim and Frederick's niece Elisabeth were married.[1]

Anna and Frederick had two children:

  1. Christian III of Denmark (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559)
  2. Dorothea (1 August 1504 – 11 April 1547), married 1 July 1526 to Albert, Duke of Prussia

She died in 1514 at age 26. Her husband was remarried, to Sophie of Pomerania, and had six more children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Anna of Brandenburg
16. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg
8. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
17. Elisabeth of Meissen
4. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg
18. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria
9. Elisabeth of Bavaria
19. Maddalena Visconti
2. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
20. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
10. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden
21. Anna of Oettingen
5. Margaret of Baden
22. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
11. Catherine de Lorraine
23. Margaret of the Palatinate
1. Anna of Brandenburg
24. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
12. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
25. Catherine of Henneberg
6. William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
26. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
13. Catherine of Brunswick
27. Sophie of Pomerania
3. Margaret of Thuringia
28. Albert IV, Duke of Austria
14. Albert II of Germany
29. Joanna Sophia of Bavaria
7. Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg
30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
15. Elizabeth of Luxembourg
31. Barbara of Cilli

References

  1. ^ Krarup, F. "Anna af Brandenborg", Dansk Biografisk Lexikon (ed. Carl Frederik Bricka), p. 284.

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