Hedwig von Brandenburg

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Personal and Family Information

Hedwig was born on 23 FEB 1540 in Cölln, the daughter of Joachim II Hector von Brandenburg and Jadwiga Jagiełłonka.

She died on 21 OCT 1602 in Wolfenbüttel.

Her husband was Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, who she married on 25 FEB 1560 in Cölln an der Spee. Their eleven known children were Sofie Hedwig (1561-1631), Heinrich Julius (1564-1613), Maria (1566-1626), Elisabeth (1567-1618), Philipp Siegmund (1568-1623), Margarete (1571-1580), Joachim Karl (1573-1615), Sabine Katharina (1574-1590), Dorothea Auguste (1577-1625), Julius August (1578-1617) and Hedwig (1580-1657).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Hedwig von Brandenburg
(1540-1602)

 

Joachim II Hector von Brandenburg
(1505-1571)

 

Joachim I Nestor von Brandenburg
(1484-1535)

 

Johann Cicero von Brandenburg
(1455-1499)

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Margarete von Sachsen
(1449-1501)

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Elisabeth af Danmark, Norge og Sverige
(1485-1555)

 

Johann I von Oldenburg
(1455-1513)

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Kristina von Sachsen
(1461-1521)

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Jadwiga Jagiełłonka
(1513-1573)

 

Zygmunt I Jagiełło
(1467-1548)

 

Kazimierz IV Jagiełło
(1427-1492)

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Elisabeth von Habsburg
(1436/37-1505)

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Borbála Zápolya
(1495-1515)

 

István Zápolya
(-1499)

 
   

Jadwiga von Teschen
(1469-1521)

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Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth 23 FEB 1540
Place: Cölln
Death 21 OCT 1602
Place: Wolfenbüttel

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