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Dorothea of Brandenburg 1420–1491 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Feb 1420

Birth Location: Berlin

Death Date: 19 Jan 1491

Death Location: Benedictine monastery at Rehna

Father: Elector I

Mother: Elisabeth Bavaria-Landshut

Spouse(s): Henry Mecklenburg

Children(s): Magnus Mecklenburg

Dorothea of Brandenburg was born in 1420 in Berlin, the child of Elector Of Brandenburg Frederick I And Elisabeth Of Bavaria Landshut. Dorothea of Brandenburg married Henry Iv The Fat Duke Of Mecklenburg, and had children including Magnus Ii Of Mecklenburg. Dorothea of Brandenburg passed away in 1491 in Benedictine monastery at Rehna.

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Biography

  • Dorothea of Brandenburg was born in 1420 in Berlin, the child of Elector Of Brandenburg Frederick I And Elisabeth Of Bavaria Landshut.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg married Henry Iv The Fat Duke Of Mecklenburg, and had children including Magnus Ii Of Mecklenburg.
  • Dorothea of Brandenburg passed away in 1491 in Benedictine monastery at Rehna.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elector I
1371–1440
Birth Location: Nuremberg
EI
Elisabeth Bavaria-Landshut
1383–1442
Birth Location: –
EB

Spouses(s)

Henry Mecklenburg
1417–1477
Birth Location: –
HM

Children(s)

Magnus Mecklenburg
1441–1503
Birth Location: –
MM

Dorothea Brandenburg's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Brandenburg
1420–1491
Birth Place: Berlin
Parents
Elector of Brandenburg Frederick I
1371–1440
Nuremberg
Elisabeth (of) Bavaria-Landshut
1383–1442
Grandparents
Frederick (V of) Hohenzollern
1333–1398
Elisabeth (of) Meissen
1329–1375
Friedrich (Herzog von) Bayern
1339–1393
Maddalena Visconti
1366–1404
Great-Grandparents
Johann Nuremberg
1309–1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1318–1377
Frederick Meissen
1310–1349
Mathilde Bavaria
1313–1346
Duke II
1319–1375
Bernabò Visconti
1323–1385
Beatrice Scala
1331–1384
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Burgrave IV
1287–1332
Margarete Görz-Tyrol
–1348
Berthold Henneberg
1272–1340
Adelheid Hessen
1268–1317
Frederick Meissen
1257–1323
Elisabeth Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
1286–1359
Holy IV
1282–1347
Beatrix Silesia
1290–1322
Holy IV
1282–1347
Beatrix Silesia
1290–1322
Stefano Visconti
1287–1327
Valentina Doria
1290–1359
Mastino Scala
1308–1351
Taddea Carrara
–1375

Dorothea Brandenburg's Descendants

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Dorothea (of) Brandenburg (09 Feb 1420–19 Jan 1491) m. Henry (IV the Fat Duke of) Mecklenburg (1417–09 Mar 1477)
  1. 1. Magnus (II of) Mecklenburg 1441–1503 m. Sophie (of) Pomerania-Stettin 1460–1504
    1. 1. Catherine (of) Mecklenburg 1487–1561 m. Henry (IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of) Saxony 1473–1541
      1. 1. Maurice (Duke and Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553 m. Agnes (of) Hesse 1527–1555
        1. 1. Anna (of) Saxony 1544–1577 m. William (I the Silent Prince of) Orange 1533–1584
      2. 2. Augustus (Elector of) Saxony 1526–1586 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1532–1585
        1. 1. Christian (I of) Saxony 1560–1591 m. Sophia (von) Brandenburg 1568–1622
        2. 2. Dorothea (of) Saxony 1563–1587 m. Henry (Julius Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1564–1613
        3. 3. Elisabeth (of) Saxony 1552–1590 m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Simmern 1543–1592
        4. 4. Anna (of) Saxony 1567–1613 m. John (Casimir Duke of) Saxe-Coburg 1564–1633
      3. 3. Sibylle (de) Saxe 1515–1592 m. Duke (of Saxe-Lauenbourg Franz) I 1510–1581
        1. 1. Duke (of Saxe-Lauenbourg Franz) II 1547–1619 m. Marie (de) Brunswick-Lunebourg 1566–1626
        2. 2. Ursula (of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1545–1620 m. Henry (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1533–1598
        3. 3. Sidonia (Catharina of) Saxe-Lauenburg –1594 m. Wenceslaus (III Adam Duke of) Cieszyn 1524–1579
      4. 4. Emilie (of) Saxony 1516–1591 m. Georg (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1484–1543
        1. 1. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1535–1587 m. Henry (XI of) Legnica 1539–1588
        2. 2. George (Frederick Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1539–1603 m. Elisabeth (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1540–1578 m. Sophie (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1563–1639
      5. 5. Sidonie (of) Saxony 1518–1575 m. Duke (of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Calenberg Eric) II 1528–1584
    2. 2. Sophia (of) Mecklenburg 1481–1503 m. Johann (Elector of) Saxony 1468–1532
      1. 1. Johann (Friederich I St. John the Steadfast Elector of) Saxony 1503–1554 m. Sybille (de) Clèves 1512–1554
        1. 1. Johann (Wilhelm Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1530–1573 m. Dorothea (Susanne of) Simmern 1544–1592
        2. 2. Duke (of Saxony Johann Friedrich) II 1529–1595 m. Agnes (of) Hesse 1527–1555 m. Elisabeth (von der) Pfalz 1540–1594
      2. 2. Maria (von) Sachsen 1515–1583 m. Duke (of Pomerania-Wolgast Philip) I 1515–1560
        1. 1. Duke (of Pomerania-Barth Bogislaw) XIII 1544–1606 m. Anna (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1577–1616 m. Klara (Herzogin von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1550–1598
    3. 3. Henry (V the Peaceful Duke of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1479–1552 m. Ursula (of) Brandenburg 1488–1510 m. Helen (of the) Palatinate 1493–1524 m. Ursula (of) Saxe-Lauenburg –1565
      1. 1. Sophie (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1508–1541 m. Ernest (I of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1497–1546
        1. 1. William (the Younger (Wilhelm der Jüngere) Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1535–1592 m. Dorothea (of) Denmark 1546–1617
        2. 2. Henry (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1533–1598 m. Ursula (of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1545–1620
        3. 3. Francis (Otto Herzog von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1530–1559 m. Elisabeth (Magdalena von) Brandenburg 1537–1595
        4. 4. Margarethe (von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1534– m. Johann (Graf von) Mansfeld-Hinterort 1526–
        5. 5. Elisabeth (Ursula von) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1539–1586 m. Otto (von Holstein-Schauenburg) IV 1517–1576
        6. 6. Magdalena (Sophie von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1540–1586 m. Arnold (von) Bentheim-Steinfurt 1538–1566
      2. 2. Katharina (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1518–1581 m. Frederick (III of) Legnica 1520–1570
        1. 1. Duke (of Legnica Frederick) IV 1552–1596 m. Dorothea (of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1569–1593 m. Anna (of) Württemberg 1561–1616 m. Maria (Sidonia of) Cieszyn 1572–1587
        2. 2. Henry (XI of) Legnica 1539–1588 m. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1535–1587
        3. 3. Helen (of) Legnica –1583 m. Siegmund (von) Kurzbach 1547–1579
      3. 3. Margaret (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1515–1559 m. Duke (of Münsterberg-Oels Henry) II 1507–1548
        1. 1. Duke (of Münsterberg-Oels Karl) II 1545–1617
    4. 4. Anna (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1485–1525 m. Landgrave (of Hesse William) II 1469–1509 m. Otto (von) Solms-Lich 1496–1522
      1. 1. Philip (I the Magnanimous Landgrave of) Hesse 1504–1567 m. Christine (of) Saxony 1505–1549 m. Margarethe (von der) Saale 1522–1566
        1. 1. Agnes (of) Hesse 1527–1555 m. Maurice (Duke and Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553 m. Duke (of Saxony Johann Friedrich) II 1529–1595
        2. 2. Elisabeth (of) Hesse 1539–1582 m. Elector (Palatinate of the Rhine Louis) VI 1539–1583
        3. 3. William (IV of) Hesse-Kassel 1532–1592 m. Sabine (de) Württemberg 1549–1581 m. Elisabeth Wallenstein 1530–1632
        4. 4. Anna (of) Hesse 1529–1591 m. Wolfgang (von der) Pfalz-Zweibrücken 1526–1569
        5. 5. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) I 1547–1596 m. Magdalene (of) Lippe 1552–1587
        6. 6. Christine (of) Hesse 1543–1604 m. Adolf (I Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1526–1586
        7. 7. Barbara (of) Hesse 1536–1597 m. George (I of) Württemberg 1498–1558
        8. 8. Margarethe (von) Diez 1544–1608 m. Stephan (Heinrich von) Everstein-Naugard 1543–1613 m. Johann (Bernhard Graf von) Eberstein 1545–1574
      2. 2. Friedrich (Magnus zu) Solms 1521–1561 m. Agnes (zu) Wied 1520–1588
        1. 1. Johann (Georg I of) Solms-Laubach 1546–1600 m. Margaret (von) Schönburg-Glauchau 1554–1606
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Gräfin von) Solms-Laubach 1549–1599 m. Ludwig (I the Elder Graf von) Sayn-Wittgenstein 1532–1605
        3. 3. Anna (zu) Solms 1557–1586 m. Graf (von Erbach und Breuberg Georg) III 1548–1605
        4. 4. Dorothea (von) Solms-Laubach 1547–1595 m. Heinrich (XVI von) Reuss 1530–1572
        5. 5. Otto (Count of) Solms-Sonnewalde 1550–1612 m. Anna (Amalia von) Nassau-Weilburg 1560–1635
      3. 3. Anna (von) Solms-Lich 1522–1594 m. Ludwig (Kasimir Count of) Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1517–1568
        1. 1. Graf (von Hohenlohe-Langenburg Wolfgang) II 1546–1610 m. Magdalena (of) Nassau-Dillenburg 1547–1643
        2. 2. Philip (von) Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1550–1606 m. Maria (of) Nassau 1556–1616
    5. 5. Albrecht (VII the Handsome Duke of) Mecklenburg 1486–1547 m. Anna (of) Brandenburg 1507–1567
      1. 1. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Ulrich) III 1527–1603 m. Elizabeth (of) Denmark 1524–1586
        1. 1. Sophie (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1557–1631 m. Frederick (II of) Denmark 1534–1588
      2. 2. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann Albrecht) I 1525–1576 m. Anna (Sophia of) Prussia 1527–1591
        1. 1. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann) VII 1558–1592 m. Sophia (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1569–1634
      3. 3. Christopher (Duke of) Mecklenburg 1537–1592 m. Elizabeth (of) Sweden 1549–1597
        1. 1. Margaret (Elisabeth of) Mecklenburg 1584–1616 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann Albrecht) II 1590–1636
      4. 4. Anna (of) Mecklenburg 1533–1602 m. Gotthard (von) Kettler 1517–1587
        1. 1. Wilhelm (von) Kettler 1574–1640 m. Sophia (of) Prussia 1582–1610
        2. 2. Anna (von) Kurland 1567–1617 m. Albrycht Radziwill 1558–1592

Dorothea Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1420
09 Feb 1420
Birth of Dorothea of Brandenburg in Berlin
Berlin
1491
19 Jan 1491
Age 71
Death of Dorothea of Brandenburg in Benedictine monastery at Rehna
Benedictine monastery at Rehna

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 09 Feb 1420
    Event Place: Berlin

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jan 1491
    Event Place: Benedictine monastery at Rehna
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