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Anna Marie of Brunswick Lüneburg

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Noble family
  
House of Guelph


Name
  
Anna of

Spouse(s)
  
Albert, Duke of Prussia

Father
  
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg

Mother
  
Elizabeth of Brandenburg

Born
  
23 April 1532 Hann. Munden (
1532-04-23
)

Died
  
20 March 1568(1568-03-20) (aged 35) Gurievsk

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (also: Anna Maria of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg; German: Anna Maria von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen; born: 23 April 1532 in Hann. Münden; died: 20 March 1568 in Gurievsk (German: Neuhausen) near Königsberg) was a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Prussia.

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Life

Anna Maria was the daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg (1470–1540) and Elizabeth of Brandenburg (1510–1558). She married in 1550 Margrave Albert I of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1490–1568), who had been created the first Duke of Prussia in 1525; she was his second wife. Albert died of the plague on 20 March 1568 at Tapiau Castle. Anna Maria herself died 16 hours later from the plague also.

Issue

  • Elisabeth (20 May 1551 – 19 February 1596).
  • Albert Frederick (29 April 1553 – 18 August 1618), who succeeded as Duke of Prussia.

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