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Anna of Brandenburg Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein 
Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein Tenure 1502–1514 Spouse Frederick I of Denmark Issue Christian III of Denmark
Dorothea, Duchess of PrussiaHouse House of Hohenzollern Father John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg Mother Margaret of Thuringia Born 27 August 1487
BerlinDied 3 May 1514 (aged 26)
KielAnna of Brandenburg (27 August 1487 – 3 May 1514) was a German noblewoman.
Anna was the daughter of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margarethe of Saxony. 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:
- Christian III of Denmark (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559)
- 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 von 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
- ^ Krarup, F. "Anna af Brandenborg", Dansk Biografisk Lexikon (ed. Carl Frederik Bricka), p.284.
Categories:- 1487 births
- 1514 deaths
- People from Berlin
- People from the Margraviate of Brandenburg
- House of Hohenzollern
- House of Oldenburg
- German nobility stubs
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