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Hedwig van Polen 1513–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 MAR 1513

Birth Location: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Death Date: 07 FEB 1573

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

Father: Sigismund Jagiellon

Mother: Barbara Zapolya

Spouse(s): Joachim Brandenburg

Children(s): Hedwig Brandenburg, Johann Hohenzollern, Johann Prussia, Joachim Brandenburg, Joachim Markgraf, Elisabeth Brandenburg, Sigismund Brandenburg, Sigismund Maagdenburg, Sophie Hohenzollern, Joachim Brandenburg, Catharine, Brandenburg

Hedwig van Polen was born in 1513 in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland, the child of Sigismund I Augustus Jagiellon And Barbara Zapolya. Hedwig van Polen married Joachim Van Brandenburg, and had children including Catharine Margravine Of Brandenburg Kustrin Electress Of Brandenburg, Elisabeth Magdalene Von Brandenburg, Hedwig Von Brandenburg, Joachim Iii Paul Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern Markgraf, Joachim Margrave Of Brandenburg, Joachim Von Brandenburg, Johann Georg Ludwig Hohenzollern, Johann George Of Brandenburg Prince Elector Of The Margraviate Of Brandenburg Duke Of Prussia, Sigismund Van Hohenzollern Aartsbisschop Van Maagdenburg, Sigismund Von Brandenburg, Sophie Brandenburg Hohenzollern. Hedwig van Polen passed away in 1573 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

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Biography

  • Hedwig van Polen was born in 1513 in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland, the child of Sigismund I Augustus Jagiellon And Barbara Zapolya.
  • Hedwig van Polen married Joachim Van Brandenburg, and had children including Catharine Margravine Of Brandenburg Kustrin Electress Of Brandenburg, Elisabeth Magdalene Von Brandenburg, Hedwig Von Brandenburg, Joachim Iii Paul Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern Markgraf, Joachim Margrave Of Brandenburg, Joachim Von Brandenburg, Johann Georg Ludwig Hohenzollern, Johann George Of Brandenburg Prince Elector Of The Margraviate Of Brandenburg Duke Of Prussia, Sigismund Van Hohenzollern Aartsbisschop Van Maagdenburg, Sigismund Von Brandenburg, Sophie Brandenburg Hohenzollern.
  • Hedwig van Polen passed away in 1573 in Berlin-Mitte, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sigismund Jagiellon
1467–1548
Birth Location: Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
SJ
Barbara Zapolya
1495–1515
Birth Location: Szepesvar, Szepes, Megye, Hungary
BZ

Spouses(s)

Joachim Brandenburg
1505–1571
Birth Location: Colln An Der Spree, Berlin, Brandenburg, Electorate of Brandenburg
JB

Children(s)

Hedwig Brandenburg
1540–1602
Birth Location: Colln, old Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
HB
Johann Hohenzollern
1525–1598
Birth Location: Berlin-Cölln, Zwing Cölln Stadtschloss, Regierungssitz, Bundeshauptstadt, Germany.
JH
Johann Prussia
1525–1598
Birth Location: Berlin-Cölln, Zwing Cölln Stadtschloss, Regierungssitz, Bundeshauptstadt, Germany.
JP
Joachim Brandenburg
1534–1544
Birth Location: Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
JB
Joachim Markgraf
1534–1544
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Electorate of Brandenburg
JM
Elisabeth Brandenburg
1537–1595
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
EB
Sigismund Brandenburg
1538–1566
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
SB
Sigismund Maagdenburg
1538–1566
Birth Location: Berlijn
SM
Sophie Hohenzollern
1541–1564
Birth Location: Of, Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
SH
Joachim Brandenburg
1543–1544
Birth Location: Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
JB
Catharine, Brandenburg
1549–1602
Birth Location: Küstrin, Brandenburg, Germany, Prussia
CB

Hedwig Polen's Ancestors

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Hedwig Polen
1513–1573
Birth Place: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Parents
Sigismund I Augustus Jagiellon
1467–1548
Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
Barbara Zapolya
1495–1515
Szepesvar, Szepes, Megye, Hungary
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Hedwig Polen's Descendants

1.
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Hedwig (van) Polen (25 MAR 1513–07 FEB 1573) m. Joachim (van) Brandenburg (09 JAN 1505–03 JAN 1571)
  1. 1. Hedwig (von) Brandenburg 1540–1602 m. Julius (von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1528–1589
    1. 1. Maria (Prinses van) Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel 1566–1626 m. Frans (II Hertog van) Saksen-Lauenburg 1547–1619
      1. 1. Sophia (Hedwig Ascania Sachsen) Lauenburg 1601–1660 m. Philipp (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg Glücksburg) Oldenburg 1584–1663
        1. 1. Maria (Amalia Elisabeth Schleswig Holstein Glücksburg Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1628–1664 m. Georg (Albrecht van Brandenburg) Bayreuth 1619–1666
        2. 2. John (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1625–1640
        3. 3. Francis (Philipp Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1626–1651
        4. 4. Christian (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1627–1698
        5. 5. Charles (Albert Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1629–1631
        6. 6. Sophia (Hedwig Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1630–1652
        7. 7. Adolf (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1631–1658
        8. 8. Augusta (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1633–1701
        9. 9. Christina (Christiane Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1634–1701
        10. 10. Sofie (Dorothea) ? 1636–1689
        11. 11. Magdalena (Sibylla Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1639–1640
        12. 12. Hedwig (Schleswig Holstein) Glücksburg 1640–1671
        13. 13. Anna (Sabina Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1641–1642
        14. 14. Anna (Schleswig Holstein Sonderburg) Glücksburg 1643–1644
        15. 15. Friedrich (August von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1664–1664
      2. 2. Franz (Julius von Sachsen-Lauenburg Askanier) Prinz 1584–1634
      3. 3. Franz (Julius van Saksen) Lauenburg 1584–1634
      4. 4. Ernst (Ludwig von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1587–1620
      5. 5. Joachim (Sigismund von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1593–1629
      6. 6. Franz (Karl von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1594–1660
      7. 7. Franz (Albrecht von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1598–1642
      8. 8. Johann (Georg von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1600–1601
      9. 9. Franz (Heinrich von) Sachsen-Lauenburg 1604–1658
    2. 2. Sofie (Hedwig van Brunswijk) Wolfenbuttel 1561–1631
    3. 3. Heinrich (Julius van Brunswijk) Kalenberg 1564–1613
    4. 4. Elisabeth (van Brunswijk) Wolfenbuttel 1567–1618
    5. 5. Philipp (Siegmund van Brunswijk) Wolfenbuttel 1568–1621
    6. 6. Joachim (Karl van Brunswijk) Wolfenbuttel 1573–1615
    7. 7. Dorothea (Auguste van Brunswijk) Wolfenbuttel 1577–1625
    8. 8. Hedwig (van) Brunswijk 1580–1657
  2. 2. Johann (Georg Ludwig) Hohenzollern 1525–1598
  3. 3. Johann (George of Brandenburg, Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Duke of) Prussia 1525–1598
  4. 4. Joachim (von) Brandenburg 1534–1544
  5. 5. Joachim (III "Paul" von Brandenburg Hohenzollern) Markgraf 1534–1544
  6. 6. Elisabeth (Magdalene von) Brandenburg 1537–1595
  7. 7. Sigismund (von) Brandenburg 1538–1566
  8. 8. Sigismund (van Hohenzollern Aartsbisschop van) Maagdenburg 1538–1566
  9. 9. Sophie (Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1541–1564
  10. 10. Joachim (Margrave of) Brandenburg 1543–1544
  11. 11. Catharine, (Margravine Of Brandenburg-Küstrin, Electress of) Brandenburg 1549–1602

Hedwig Polen's Timeline

2 Records

1513
25 MAR 1513
Birth of Hedwig van Polen in Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
1573
07 FEB 1573
Age 60
Death of Hedwig van Polen in Alt Ruppin, Duitsland
Alt Ruppin, Duitsland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 MAR 1513
    Event Place: Poznań, Miasto Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 01 SEP 1535
    Event Place: Kraków, Kingdom of Poland, Lodzkie, Pologne

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 07 FEB 1573
    Event Place: Alt Ruppin, Duitsland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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