Noble family House of Hohenzollern Name Magdalene Brandenburg Great-grandparents Bernabo Visconti | Mother Elisabeth of Bavaria Role 1412–1454 | |
Father Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Died October 27, 1454, Scharnebeck, Germany Children Margaret of Brunswick-Luneburg, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Parents Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Grandchildren Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Grandparents Maddalena Visconti, Frederick, Duke of Bavaria, Elisabeth of Meissen, Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg | ||
Magdalene of Brandenburg (born: c. 1412; died: 27 October 1454 in Scharnebeck) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
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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. Elizabeth'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. Both couples were engaged on 3 March 1420. Magdalena brought a dowry of 10000Rhenish guilders 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.
Issue
From her marriage Magdalena had the following children: