Ursula of Brandenburg

German noblewoman

Ursula of Brandenburg
Born(1488-10-17)17 October 1488
Berlin
Died18 September 1510(1510-09-18) (aged 21)
Güstrow
BuriedDoberan Minster
Noble familyHouse of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
FatherJohn Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
MotherMargarethe of Saxony

Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg (17 October 1488 – 18 September 1510) was a German noblewoman.[1]

She was born in Berlin, the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Margarethe of Saxony.

At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1479–1552).[2] They had three children:

  1. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  2. Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father)
  3. Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz

She died in Güstrow in 1510 at the age of 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ursula 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 of Oettingen
5. Margaret of Baden
22. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine
11. Catherine de Lorraine
23. Margaret of the Palatinate
1. Ursula 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

  1. ^ Stieber, Georg Friedrich (1716). Leben des Hertzogs Magni zu Mecklenburg, ersten evangelischen Bischoffs zu Schwerin (in German). p. 6. OCLC 1181142714.
  2. ^ Netherlands), Mauritshuis (Hague; Broos, B. P. J.; Suchtelen, Ariane van (2004). Portraits in the Mauritshuis: 1430-1790. Royal Picture Gallery. p. 33. ISBN 978-90-400-9000-4.
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