Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg

Elisabeth of Bavaria -Landshut (* 1383, † November 13, 1442 in Ansbach ), called the " Beautiful Else", was the first Electress of Brandenburg.

Elizabeth was a daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria- Landshut and his second wife Maddalena Visconti. They married on 18 September 1401 Frederick VI. of Hohenzollern Burggraf of Nuremberg, who was raised in 1415 as Frederick I Elector of Brandenburg to.

During the long hours of the absence of her husband, who moved to Italy, Hungary and the Council of Constance, they represented him wise and powerful in spite of the great problems of the time. By her third son of Albrecht Achilles she became the ancestress of the Hohenzollern royal family.

Progeny

With Friedrich they had ten children:

  • Elisabeth (1403-1449)
  • Johann the Alchemist (1406-1464), waived the Erstgeborenenrechte 1437, Margrave of Kulmbach -Bayreuth
  • Cecilia (1405-1449)
  • Margaret (1410-1465)
  • Magdalena (1412-1454)
  • Frederick II Iron Teeth (1413-1471), Elector of Brandenburg
  • Albrecht III. Achilles (1414-1486), Elector of Brandenburg
  • Sophie (1416-1417)
  • Dorothea (1420-1491)
  • Friedrich ( III.) of fats ( 1424-1463 ), Lord of Altmark in 1447
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg Louis II of Brieg Wenceslaus I, Duke of Cieszyn John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Albert V, Duke of Mecklenburg Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria Margaret of Baden Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg Integrated Authority File
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