Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg

Elisabeth, Electress of Brandenburg (* June 24, 1485 in Nyborg on Funen, † June 10, 1555 in Berlin) was the daughter of King John of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and his wife Queen Christina.

She was married on 10 April 1502 the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg in Stendal. With him she had five children. 1523 she leaned to the doctrine of Luther, but was so threatened by her husband, a fierce opponent of the Reformation, with captivity. In particular, she had taken the sacrament in both kinds, and therefore fled in March 1528 to Torgau to her maternal uncle, the Elector John of Saxony, at whose court they lingered to 1535 in 1527 secretly. For lack of money they got into oppressive distress. Your situation improved only when her husband died in 1535, after which it has been granted their sons Johann Joachim and a sizable annual pension. She lived after nine years in Lichtenburg Castle at Prettin, where they held a small yard. It was not until 1545, she returned to Brandenburg, where they lived in Spandau, in the ecclesial movement vividly participating. She died on June 10, 1555 in Berlin.

Progeny

  • Joachim (* 1505, † 1571), Elector of Brandenburg from 1535 to 1571;
  • Anna (* 1507, † June 19, 1567 ), married on 17 January 1524 Albert VII, Duke of Mecklenburg;
  • Elisabeth ( * 1510, † 1558 ), married on July 7, 1525 in Szczecin with Duke Eric of Brunswick -Lüneburg;
  • Margaretha (* 1511, † by November 3, 1577 ), married on 23 January 1530 in Berlin with Georg von Pommern;
  • Johann (* 1513, † 1571), Margrave of Brandenburg- Kuestrin 1536-1571.
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