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.
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]
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)