Anna Sophia (van Brandenburg) Hohenzollern (1527 - 1591)

Born 11 Jun 1527 in Königsberg, Herzogtum Preußen, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Albrecht (Mecklenburg) von Mecklenburg-Schwerin — married 24 Feb 1555 in Wismar, Herzogtum Mecklenburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1591 at age 63 in Lübz, Herzogtum Mecklenburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Anna Sophia van Brandenburg was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Anna Sophie was born on 11 June 1527 in Königsberg^{[citation needed]}, daughter of Duke Albert of Prussia (1490-1568) from his first marriage with Dorothea (1504-1547), a daughter of King Frederick I of Denmark.

From her mother, she received an extensive education in naturopathy and gynecology.^[1]

Already in 1546, the estates of Prussia agreed to a so-called "dowry tax" to provide the dowry of 30000 guilders she would receive when she married.

She married on 24 February 1555 in Wismar to Duke John Albert I of Mecklenburg (1525-1576). As a wedding gift, her father mediated in a dispute between her husband and his brother Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg.^[2]

On the occasion of his marriage, Duke John Albert I had the Fürstenhof Palace in Wismar remodeled in a Renaissance style. After the wedding, John Albert I and his bride moved into this palace.^[3]

John Albert I and Anna Sophia had three sons; she was described as a loving mother.^[4]

John Albert I remained a loyal ally to his father-in-law, in the Holy Roman Empire as well as in Livonia. Since Duke Albert had no surviving sons of his own, he attempted several times, unsuccessfully, to make John Albert I his heir and successor in the Duchy of Prussia.

After John Albert I died in 1576, Anna Sophia retired to her Wittum in Lübz, where she died on 6 February 1591^{[citation needed]}. She was buried in Schwerin Cathedral.

Sources

• Wikipedia:Anna_Sophia_of_Prussia
• Anna Sophie von Preussen on Find A Grave: Memorial #141913078 Retrieved Sälgö-1 06:38, 30 September 2016 (EDT).
• This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q70786, en:Wikipedia

1. ↑ Martina Schattkowsky: Witwenschaft in der frühen Neuzeit: fürstliche und adlige Witwen zwischen Fremd- und Selbstbestimmung, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig, 2003, p. 207
2. ↑ Karl Friedrich Pauli: Allgemeine preussische Staats-Geschichte, C. P. Francken, 1762, p. 443
3. ↑ Christiane Petri: ADAC Reiseführer Plus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ADAC Verlag DE, Munich, 2006, p. 19
4. ↑ Friedrich August von Rudloff: Neuere Geschichte von Mecklenburg, Stiller, 1822, S. 27

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Enno Borgsteede for creating WikiTree profile Van Brandenburg-6 through the import of Enno III.ged on Oct 30, 2013.