Ursula of Brandenburg

This article is about the Duchess of Mecklenburg. For the Duchess of Münsterberg and Oels and Countess of Glatz, see Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels.

Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg (17 October 1488 – 18 September 1510) was a German noblewoman.^[1]

Ursula of Brandenburg
Born	(1488-10-17)17 October 1488 Berlin
Died	18 September 1510(1510-09-18) (aged 21) Güstrow
Buried	Doberan Minster
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
Father	John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Margarethe of Saxony

She was born in Berlin, the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Margarethe of Saxony.

At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1479–1552).^[2] They had three children:

1. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
2. Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father)
3. Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ursula of Brandenburg

8. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg 4. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg 9. Elisabeth of Bavaria 2. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg 10. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden 5. Margaret of Baden 11. Catherine de Lorraine 1. Ursula of Brandenburg 12. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 6. William III, Landgrave of Thuringia 13. Catherine of Brunswick 3. Margaret of Thuringia 14. Albert II of Germany 7. Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg 15. Elizabeth of Luxembourg

References

1. Stieber, Georg Friedrich (1716). Leben des Hertzogs Magni zu Mecklenburg, ersten evangelischen Bischoffs zu Schwerin (in German). p. 6. OCLC 1181142714.
2. Netherlands), Mauritshuis (Hague; Broos, B. P. J.; Suchtelen, Ariane van (2004). Portraits in the Mauritshuis: 1430-1790. Royal Picture Gallery. p. 33. ISBN 978-90-400-9000-4.