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Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (German: Katharina von Brandenburg-Küstrin) (10 August 1549 – 30 September 1602) was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin by birth and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.
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Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin | |
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Born | Küstrin, Germany | 10 August 1549
Died | 30 September 1602 53) Cölln, Germany | (aged
Spouse | Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg |
Issue | John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg Anne Catherine, Queen of Denmark and Norway Johann Georg of Brandenburg August of Brandenburg Albert Frederick of Brandenburg Joachim von Brandenburg Ernest of Brandenburg Barbara Sophie, Duchess of Württemberg Christian William of Brandenburg |
House | Hohenzollern |
Father | John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin |
Mother | Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin |
Catherine was the younger of two daughters of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513–1571) from his marriage to Catherine (1518–1574), daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
On 8 January 1570, she married Joachim of Brandenburg, later Elector Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg (1546–1608) in Küstrin. Due to the marriage, her husband no longer had a legitimate claim on the position of bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Magdeburg[1] and Pope Pius V put in a request to Emperor Maximilian for his dismissal.[2]
Catherine tried to improve the fate of the poor and the needy. She built a dairy in Wedding and sold its produce on the Molkenmarkt ("Milk Market"), a square in Berlin. She used the proceeds to finance a pharmacy in the Stadtschloss that provided medicine free of charge to those in need.[3]
Catherine died on 30 September 1602. On 13 October, she was buried in the Hohenzollern crypt (now part of the Berliner Dom).
From her marriage with Joachim Frederick, Catherine had the following children:
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