Anna of Brandenburg
Anna von Brandenburg ( born August 27, 1487 in Berlin, † May 3, 1514 in Kiel ) was Princess of Brandenburg and from 1502 to 1514 as the wife of Frederick I. Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein.
About her son Christian III. are Anna and Friedrich progenitors of today's royal house.
Life
Anna was the eldest daughter of the Brandenburg Elector John Cicero from the noble family of Hohenzollern (1455-1499) and his wife Margaret of Saxony (1449-1501), daughter of Duke Wilhelm III. of Saxony.
Already in 1495 had taken her father to Anna and her then eleven year old brother Joachim marriage negotiations with the House of Jagiellon. However, its related ambitions were dashed. After Johann Cicero's death in 1499 his half-brother Margrave Frederick V of Ansbach -Bayreuth negotiated as guardian and regent for the underage Elector Joachim I. for his niece and nephew to the Danish royal family. He established order follows an earlier connection between the two families: his aunt Dorothea of Brandenburg- Kulmbach was successively wife of the Danish kings Christoph III. and Christian I was, and so mother of Anna's things to come husband Frederick I, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, and since 1523 ( when she died ) Danish and Norwegian King, as well as the grandmother of Joachim's future bride. 1500 of the marriage contract has been concluded. The wedding was set at Anna's 14th birthday. Previously, still had to be obtained a papal dispensation because of the close relationship to the newlyweds. The death of Anna's mother on July 13, 1501 delayed the marriage for several months.
On April 10, 1502 Anna married in Stendal sixteen years older than Friedrich, the fourth son of King Christian I and Dorothea of Brandenburg. The wedding ceremony was performed by Henning von Pogwisch, Bishop of Schleswig; as jointure Anna Office, City and Castle Kiel were awarded. On the same day, Anna's brother Joachim married name as part of this, for that time very consuming acclaimed, double wedding with Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Danish King John. The financial implementation of the marriage contract was for the Lübeck merchant Mathias Mulich. The fact that the dowry was paid on time, was considered a notable exception.
With her husband, who called her his " Teltow turnip ", Anna resided in Gottorp, where Friedrich soon turned after the wedding a peasant girl. She accompanied her husband on several occasions during his travels and was very popular as an affable country mother.
Two births at the age of not quite 16 or 17 years, weakened the young duchess. At age 22 she contracted tuberculosis; she died on May 3, 1514 at the age of 26, pregnant at 28 weeks, and was buried in the monastery church of the monastery Bordesholm Bordesholm that had determined her husband to her ( and originally also to his ) grave lay. This was the first time in Northern Europe, the choir of a monastery church to the tomb of a royal family. Even otherwise, the Duke and Duchess Bordesholm was very devoted and donated to the church in 1509 the choir stalls and 1514 the Brüggemann Altar.
Marriage and issue
Anna married on April 10, 1502 Frederick, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein; from the marriage had two children:
- Christian III. (1503-1559), King of Denmark and Norway
- Dorothea (1504-1547)
Tomb
Tomb of the couple who had already been given to Anna's lifetime in order, a bronze cenotaph ( empty = grave ), one of the most important late Gothic painting grave. The cenotaph is a build up to the actual grave in the vault under the church. 1903 erected on Kaiser Wilhelm II initiative between the choir stalls, it is located since 2000 in its original place. The ducal couple is already represented as reclining figures in the Renaissance style on the top plate, while the rest of the design is still late Gothic.
Annunciation scene on foot
Location of the cenotaph in the nave