Ursula of Brandenburg
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Ursula of Brandenburg | |
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Born | Berlin | 17 October 1488
Died | 18 September 1510 Güstrow | (aged 21)
Buried | Doberan Minster |
Noble family | House of Hohenzollern |
Spouse(s) | Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg |
Father | John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg |
Mother | Margarethe of Saxony |
Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg (17 October 1488 – 18 September 1510) was a German noblewoman.
She was born in Berlin, the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Margarethe of Saxony.
At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1479–1552). They had three children:
- Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father)
- Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz
She died in Güstrow in 1510 at the age of 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.
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Categories:
- 1488 births
- 1510 deaths
- House of Hohenzollern
- 15th-century German women
- 15th-century German people
- 16th-century German women
- 16th-century German people
- German nobility stubs