Ursula of Brandenburg

Noble person

1488 – 1510

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Who was Ursula of Brandenburg?

Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg was a German noblewoman.

She was the daughter of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margarethe of Saxony.

At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They had three children:

⁕Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

⁕Magnus of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

⁕Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, abbess of Ribnitz

She died in 1510 at age 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.

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Born
Oct 17, 1488
Berlin
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Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Sep 18, 1510
Güstrow

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on July 23, 2013

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