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Hedwig van Brandenburg 1540–1602 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 March 1540

Birth Location: Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn

Death Date: 21 October 1602

Death Location: Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany

Father: King Sweden

Mother: Princess GGM

Spouse(s): Julius Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel

Children(s): Marie Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

The story of Hedwig van Brandenburg began in 1540 in Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn. Hedwig van Brandenburg married Julius Vorst Van Brunswijk Wolfenbuttel, and had children including Marie Herzogin Von Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel. Hedwig van Brandenburg passed away in 1602 in Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Hedwig van Brandenburg began in 1540 in Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn.
  • Hedwig van Brandenburg married Julius Vorst Van Brunswijk Wolfenbuttel, and had children including Marie Herzogin Von Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel.
  • Hedwig van Brandenburg passed away in 1602 in Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.

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Hedwig Brandenburg's Ancestors

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Hedwig Brandenburg
1540–1602
Birth Place: Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn
Parents
King Joachim II Hector von Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
1505–1571
Colln An Der Spree, Berlin, Brandenburg, Electorate of Brandenburg
Princess (Jadviga Jagellonica Hedwig Von Poland Von Brandenburg 16th) GGM
1513–1573
Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Grandparents
Joachim (I von) Brandenburg
1484–1535
Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn
Elisabeth (of) Denmark
1485–1555
Nyborg, Nyborg Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hedwig Brandenburg's Descendants

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Hedwig (van) Brandenburg (2 March 1540–21 October 1602) m. Julius (Vorst van) Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel (29 June 1528–13 May 1589)
  1. 1. Marie (Herzogin Von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1566–1619 m. Franz (Saxe) Lauenburg 1547–1619
    1. 1. Sophie (Hedwig VonSachsen) Lauenburg 1601–1660 m. Philip, (Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1584–1663
      1. 1. Dorothea (Sophia van) Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1636–1689 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm van) Brandenburg 1620–1688 m. Frederick (Wilhelm the great Elector) Hohenzollern 1620–1688
        1. 1. Philipp (Wilhelm von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1669–1711 m. Johanne (Charlotte Van) Anhalt-Dessau 1682–1750
        2. 2. Albrecht (Friedrich von) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1672–1731 m. Maria (Dorothea von) Kurland 1684–1743

Hedwig Brandenburg's Timeline

2 Records

1540
2 March 1540
Birth of Hedwig van Brandenburg in Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn
Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn
1602
21 October 1602
Age 62
Death of Hedwig van Brandenburg in Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen
Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 March 1540
    Event Place: Keulen A.d. Spree, Berlijn
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 October 1602
    Event Place: Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wolfenbüttel, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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