Magdalene of Brandenburg (1412–1454) explained

Magdalene of Brandenburg
Noble Family:House of Hohenzollern
Father:Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother:Elisabeth of Bavaria
Spouse:Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Issue:Bernard II
Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Margaret
Death Place:Scharnebeck

Magdalene of Brandenburg (born: ; died: 27 October 1454 in Scharnebeck) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Life

Magdalena was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg (1371–1440) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1383-1442), daughter of Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria-Landshut. Magdalene's brothers were Electors of Brandenburg, one after the other, first Frederick II, then Albrecht III Achilles.

She married on 3 July 1429 in Tangermünde with Duke Frederick II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1418–1478). The marriage had been arranged by Emperor Sigismund, like the marriage of her sister Cecilia with Duke William "the Victorious" of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.[1] Both couples were engaged on 3 March 1420. Magdalena brought a dowry of into the marriage, for which Wichard von Rochow had vouched, and was promised Bodenteich Castle as her wittum, but later received the city and castle of Lüchow instead.[2]

Issue

From her marriage Magdalena had the following children:

married in 1463 Countess Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg (d. 1468)

married in 1467 Countess Anne of Nassau-Siegen (1440/41–1514)

married in 1452 Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Stargard (d. 1466)

Notes and References

  1. Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Churfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohenzollern, vol. 1, Wiegandt & Grieben, 1866, p. 27
  2. Wilhelm Havemann: Geschichte der Lande Braunschweig und Lüneburg, vol. 1, Dieterichsche Buchhandlung, 1853, p. 695