Anna of Brandenburg

Anna of Brandenburg
File:Bordesholm Kenotaph Anna.jpg Portrait of Anna of Brandenburg from the Bordesholm cenotaph
Duchess consort of Schleswig and Holstein
Tenure	1502–1514
Born	27 August 1487 Berlin
Died	Kiel
Spouse	Frederick I of Denmark
Issue	Christian III of Denmark Dorothea, Duchess of Prussia
House	House of Hohenzollern
Father	John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Margaret of Thuringia

Anna of Brandenburg (27 August 1487 – 3 May 1514) was a German noblewoman.

Anna was the daughter of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margarethe of Saxony. She was born in Berlin, Brandenburg, and died in Kiel, Holstein.

Marriage

In 1500 she was betrothed to Frederick, then Duke of Schleswig and Holstein and, after her death, king of Denmark and Norway. Because they were second cousins (Frederick's mother Dorothea of Brandenburg was the cousin of Anna's father) their marriage required a Papal dispensation. In addition, the marriage was not held until 10 April 1502 due to Anna's youth. The marriage, held in Stendal, was a double one: on the same day, Anna's brother Joachim and Frederick's niece Elisabeth were married.

Anna and Frederick had two children:

1. Christian III of Denmark (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559)
2. Dorothea (1 August 1504 – 11 April 1547), married 1 July 1526 to Albert, Duke of Prussia

She died in 1514 at age 26. Her husband was remarried, to Sophie of Pomerania, and had six more children.

Ancestry

Family of Anna 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 von Oettingen               5. Margaret of Baden                             22. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine               11. Catherine de Lorraine                       23. Margaret of the Palatinate               1. Anna 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

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