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Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN 1513–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 March 1513

Birth Location: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Death Date: 7 February 1573

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

Father: Sigismund Polen

Mother: Barbara Zápolya

Spouse(s): Joachim II

Children(s): Duchess Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN was born in 1513 in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland, the child of Sigismund I Von Polen And Barbara Zapolya. Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN married Joachim Brandenburg Ii, and had children including Duchess Hedwig Of Brandenburg Von Brunswick Wolfenbuttel. Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN passed away in 1573 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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  • Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN was born in 1513 in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland, the child of Sigismund I Von Polen And Barbara Zapolya.
  • Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN married Joachim Brandenburg Ii, and had children including Duchess Hedwig Of Brandenburg Von Brunswick Wolfenbuttel.
  • 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: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Parents
Sigismund I. Von Polen
1467–1548
Kozienice, Mazowieckie, Pologne
Barbara Zápolya
1495–1515
Polen, Pologne
Grandparents
Stefan (Istvan) Zapolya
1460–1499
Hedwig (Jadwiga van Silezie) Teschen
1469–1521
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hedwig POLEN's Descendants

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Hedwig (Jagiellonica von van) POLEN (25 March 1513–7 February 1573) m. Joachim (Brandenburg) II (13 January 1505–3 January 1571)
  1. 1. Duchess (Hedwig of Brandenburg Von) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1540–1602 m. Julius (von) Welf 1528–1589
    1. 1. Maria (Welf Brunswick) Wolfenbuttel 1566–1626 m. Franz (II Herzog Von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1547–1619
      1. 1. Sophia (Hedwig van) Saksen-Lauenburg 1601–1660 m. Phillipp (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glucksburg 1584–1663 m. Philipp (Herzog Von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1584–1663 m. Philips (Hertog van) Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1584–1663
        1. 1. Maria (Elisabeth {1628}) Glucksburg 1628–1664 m. Georg (Albrecht van Hohenzollern Markgraaf van) Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 1618–1666 m. Georg (Albrecht van Hohenzollern Markgraaf van) Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 1618–1666

Hedwig POLEN's Timeline

2 Records

1513
25 March 1513
Birth of Hedwig Jagiellonica von van POLEN in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
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: 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 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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