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Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN 1513–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 March 1513

Birth Location: Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne

Death Date: 7 February 1573

Death Location: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Father: Barbara, Zapolya

Mother: Sigismund Poland

Spouse(s): Joachim Brandenburg

Children(s): Duchess Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Johann Brandenburg, Anna Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg, Jadwiga Brandenburg, Paul Brandenburg, Elisabeth Hohenzollern, Sigismund Hohenzollern, Georg Brandenburg, Sybilla Markgräfin, Elisabeth Brandenburg, Sofie Brandenburg, Joachim Hohenzollern

Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN was born in 1513 in Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne, the child of Barbara Grand Duchess Lithuania Queen Consort Poland Zapolya Aka Countess Barbara Zapolya And Sigismund Augustus I The Old Jagellon Von Habsburg Aka Sigismund I Of Poland Sigismund I The Oldjagiello King Of Poland. Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN married Joachim Ii Von Brandenburg, and had children including Anna Brandenburg, Christoph Heinrich Brandenburg, Duchess Hedwig Of Brandenburg Von Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Elisabeth Magdalen Von Hohenzollern, Elisabeth Von Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg, Georg Margrave Of Brandenburg, Jadwiga Margravine Of Brandenburg, Joachim Von Hohenzollern, Johann Georg Von Brandenburg, Paul Brandenburg, Sigismund Von Hohenzollern, Sofie Von Brandenburg, Sybilla Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern Markgrafin. Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN passed away in 1573 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Biography

  • Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN was born in 1513 in Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne, the child of Barbara Grand Duchess Lithuania Queen Consort Poland Zapolya Aka Countess Barbara Zapolya And Sigismund Augustus I The Old Jagellon Von Habsburg Aka Sigismund I Of Poland Sigismund I The Oldjagiello King Of Poland.
  • Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN married Joachim Ii Von Brandenburg, and had children including Anna Brandenburg, Christoph Heinrich Brandenburg, Duchess Hedwig Of Brandenburg Von Brunswick Wolfenbuttel, Elisabeth Magdalen Von Hohenzollern, Elisabeth Von Brandenburg, Friedrich Brandenburg, Georg Margrave Of Brandenburg, Jadwiga Margravine Of Brandenburg, Joachim Von Hohenzollern, Johann Georg Von Brandenburg, Paul Brandenburg, Sigismund Von Hohenzollern, Sofie Von Brandenburg, Sybilla Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern Markgrafin.
  • Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN passed away in 1573 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Hedwig POLEN's Ancestors

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Hedwig POLEN
1513–1573
Birth Place: Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne
Parents
Barbara, Grand Duchess Lithuania, Queen Consort Poland ZAPOLYA AKA Countess Barbara Zapolya
1495–1515
Polen, Pologne
Sigismund (Augustus I The Old Jagellon von Habsburg AKA Sigismund I of Poland Sigismund I ‘the Old’Jagiello, King of) Poland
1467–1548
Powiat kozienicki, Mazowieckie, Poland
Grandparents
Stephen Zápolya
1460–1499
Jadwiga Piastówna
1469–1521
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hedwig POLEN's Descendants

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Hedwig (Jagiellonica von van) POLEN (25 March 1513–7 February 1573) m. Joachim (II von) Brandenburg (13 January 1505–3 January 1571)
  1. 1. Duchess (Hedwig of Brandenburg Von) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1540–1602 m. Duke (Julius I Von Braunschwieg-Wolfenbuttel-Nassau-DietzVon) Welf 1528–1589
    1. 1. Sophia (Hedwig von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1561–1631 m. Ernst (Ludwig von) Pommern-Wolgast 1545–1592
      1. 1. Philip (Julius Herzog Von) Pommern-Wolgast 1584–1625 m. Agnes (Prinzessian von) Brandenburg 1584–1629
        1. 1. Elizabeth DEPOMERANIA 1607–1648 m. Anthony (de VALOISE, CAPET) branch 1605–1648
    2. 2. Heinrich (Julius von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1564–1613
    3. 3. Julius (August von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1578–1617
    4. 4. Maria (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1566–1626
    5. 5. Dorothea (Auguste of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1577–1625
    6. 6. Elisabeth (of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1567–1618
    7. 7. Hedwig (Princess of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1580–1657 m. Otto (van Brunswijk) Harburg 1572–1641
    8. 8. Joachim (Karl of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1573–1615
    9. 9. Margarethe (of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1571–1580
    10. 10. Philip (Sigismund of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1568–1623
    11. 11. Sabine (Katharine of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1574–1590
  2. 2. Johann (Georg Von) Brandenburg 1525–1598
  3. 3. Anna Brandenburg 1527–1594
  4. 4. Friedrich Brandenburg 1530–1552
  5. 5. Jadwiga (Margravine of) Brandenburg 1545–1545
  6. 6. Paul Brandenburg 1534–1534
  7. 7. Elisabeth (Magdalen von) Hohenzollern 1537–1595
  8. 8. Sigismund (von) Hohenzollern 1538–1566
  9. 9. Georg (Margrave of) Brandenburg 1532–1532
  10. 10. Sybilla (Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern) Markgräfin 1545–1595
  11. 11. Elisabeth (Von) Brandenburg 1528–1529
  12. 12. Sofie (Von) Brandenburg 1541–1564
  13. 13. Joachim (Von) Hohenzollern 1543–1544

Hedwig POLEN's Timeline

3 Records

1513
25 March 1513
Birth of Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
1513
25 March 1513
Birth of Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN in Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne
Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne
1573
7 February 1573
Age 60
Death of Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN in Alt Ruppin, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
Alt Ruppin, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 March 1513
    Event Place: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 March 1513
    Event Place: Poznan Grande-Pologne Pologne, Wielkopolskie, Pologne
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 February 1573
    Event Place: Alt Ruppin, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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