Mother Elisabeth of Denmark | Name Anna Brandenburg, | |
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Father Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg Born 1 January 1507 ( 1507-01-01 ) Died 19 June 1567(1567-06-19) (aged 60)Lubz | ||
Anna of Brandenburg (1 January 1507 – June 19, 1567 in Lübz) was a Princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg.
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Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (1484–1535) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1485–1555), daughter of King Johann of Denmark.
She married on 17 January 1524, in Berlin with Duke Albert VII of Mecklenburg (1486–1547). She brought a dowry of 20000guilders into the marriage, and in return received as her jointure the city and district of Lübz and the district of Crivitz.
After her husband's death in 1547, she took up residence at the Eldenburg in her widow seat of Lübz.
Anna died in 1567. In her will, dated 25 March 1557, John Albert I had her buried in Schwerin Cathedral.
Issue
From her marriage Anna had the following children:
- in 1555 Princess Anna Sophie of Prussia (1527–1591)
- in 1556 Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1524–1586)
- in 1588 Princess Anna of Pomerania-Wolgast (1554–1626)
- in 1566 with Gotthard Kettler, Duke of Courland (1517–1587)
- in 1573 with Princess Dorothea of Denmark (1528–1575)
- in 1581 with Princess Elisabeth of Sweden (1549–1597)