Anna Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
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Duchess consort of Prussia | |
Tenure | 26 February 1550 – 20 March 1568 |
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Born | (1532-04-23)23 April 1532 Münden (Hann. Münden as of 1990) |
Died | 20 March 1568(1568-03-20) (aged 35) Neuhausen (Gurievsk as of 1946) |
Spouse | Albert, Duke of Prussia |
Issue among others... | Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia |
House | House of Guelph |
Father | Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Elizabeth of Brandenburg |
Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (German: Anna Maria von Braunschweig-Calenberg-Göttingen; 23 April 1532 in Münden[1] – 20 March 1568 in Neuhausen[2] near Königsberg in Prussia) was a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneberg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Prussia.
Anna Maria was the daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg (1470–1540) and Elizabeth of Brandenburg (1510–1558). She married in 1550 Margrave Albert I of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1490–1568), who had been created the first Duke of Prussia in 1525; she was his second wife. Albert died of the plague on 20 March 1568 at Tapiau Castle. Anna Maria herself died 16 hours later from the plague too.
Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen Born: 23 April 1532 Died: 20 March 1568 | ||
Vacant Title last held by Dorothea of Denmark |
Duchess consort of Prussia 1550–1568 |
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