Magdalene of Brandenburg (1412–1454)

Magdalene of Brandenburg
Born	c. 1412
Died	(1454-10-27)27 October 1454 Scharnebeck
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Issue	Bernard II Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Margaret
Father	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria

Magdalene of Brandenburg (born: c. 1412; died: 27 October 1454 in Scharnebeck) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Life

Magdalena was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg (1371–1440) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1383-1442 ), daughter of Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria-Landshut. Magdalene's brothers were Electors of Brandenburg, one after the other, first Frederick II, then Albrecht III Achilles.

She married on 3 July 1429 in Tangermünde with Duke Frederick II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1418–1478). The marriage had been arranged by Emperor Sigismund, like the marriage of her sister Cecilia with Duke William "the Victorious" of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Both couples were engaged on 3 March 1420. Magdalena brought a dowry of 10000Rhenish guilders into the marriage, for which Wichard von Rochow had vouched, and was promised Bodenteich Castle as her wittum, but later received the city and castle of Lüchow instead.

Issue

From her marriage Magdalena had the following children:

• Bernard II (1432–1464), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1463 Countess Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg (d. 1468)

• Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1438/39-1471), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1467 Countess Anne of Nassau-Siegen (1440/41–1514)

• Margaret (1442–1512)

married in 1452 Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Stargard (d. 1466)