Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach
| Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach | |
|---|---|
 Epitaph for Elisabeth in the manuscript Memoriae posteritatique inclytae domus Wirtembergicae sacrum of 1583 | |
| Spouse(s) | Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach |
| Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
| Father | Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
| Mother | Sophia of Poland |
| Born |
25 March 1494 Ansbach |
| Died |
31 May 1518 (aged 24) Pforzheim |
| Buried | Stiftskirche, Stuttgart |
Elizabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (25 March 1494 in Ansbach – 31 May 1518 in Pforzheim) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and by marriage Margravine of Baden.
Life
Elizabeth was a daughter of Margrave Frederick "the Elder" of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460-1536) from his marriage to Sophia of Poland (1464-1512), a daughter of King Casimir IV Jagiellon of Poland. She was a granddaughter of the powerful Elector Albert III Achilles of Brandenburg. They finally succeeded in 1515. Christopher I abdicated and his sons divided the Margraviate.[1] The Margraviate would remain divided until 1771.
Elisabeth died in 1518 and was buried in the Stiftskirche, Stuttgart.
Issue
On 29 September 1510 she married Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach; they had the following children:
- Albert (July 1511 – 12 December 1542), participated in the Austrian war against the Turks in 1541 in Hungary and died on the way back in Wasserburg am Inn
- Anna (April 1512 – after 1579)
- married on 11 February 1537 to Count Charles I of Hohenzollern (1516 – 8 March 1576)
- Amalie (February 1513; died 1594)
- married in 1561 to Count Frederick II of Löwenstein (22 August 1528 – 5 June 1569)
- Maria Jacobea (October 1514; died: 1592)
- married in February 1577 to Count Wolfgang II of Barby (11 December 1531 – 23 March 1615)
- Marie Cleopha (September 1515 – 28 April 1580)
- married in 1548 to Count William of Schultz (died circa 1566)
- Elizabeth (20 May 1516; died: 9 May 1568), married:
- in 1533 to Count Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg (died: December 1539)
- on 30 July 1543 to Count Conrad II of Castell (10 July 1519 – 8 July 1577)
- Bernhard (February 1517 – 20 January 1553), ruling Margrave of Baden-Durlach
References
- Samuel Buchholtz: Versuch einer Geschichte der Churmarck Brandenburg von der ersten Erscheinung der deutschen Sennonen an bis auf jezige Zeiten, F. W. Birnstiel, 1767, S. 221
Footnotes
- ↑ David Warren Sabean, Simon Teuscher, Jon Mathieu: Kinship in Europe: approaches to long-term developments (1300-1900), Berghahn Books, 2007, p. 94