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Magdalene Hohenzollern

(Abt 1412 - 27 Oct 1454)

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== Biography ==Magdalene, Markgräfin von Brandenburg, was the fourth } daughter of [[Hohenzollern-47|Friedrich I, Kurfürst von Brandenburg]], of the Hohenzollern dynasty, and his wife [[Wittelsbach-63|Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut]], Grossmann, Julius, Ernst Berner, Georg Schuster, and Karl Theodor Zingeler. 1905. ''Genealogie Des Gesamthauses Hohenzollern''. Berlin: W. Moeser Buchhandlung. Digital image, Google Books (http://books.google.com.au/ : downloaded 27 March 2010). and was probably born about 1412, and definitely by 5 November 1415.
She married possibly 3 July in 1429 at Schloss Tangermünde or 16 September 1430Schwennicke, Detlev. ''Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue folge, Band I.1. Die fränkischen Könige und die Könige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfürsten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation'', Frankfurt Am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998., [[Welf-29|Friedrich II 'der Fromme' (the Pious), Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Lüneburg]], the younger son of Bernhard I,Herzog zu Braunschweig-Lüneburg in Lüneburg , and his wife Margaretha von Sachsen-Wittenberg.

They had three children;#Bernhard II, born 1432, succeeded his father as Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg;#[[Welf-28|Otto II]], born 1438/1439, succeeded as Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg;#Margarethe, born 1442 (? - this is according to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg Wikipedia] but with no sources), betrothed 4 September 1452, Heinrich, Herzog von Mecklenburg-Stargard, and had two daughters.Wigger, Friedrich, 1885. 'Stammtafeln des Großherzoglichen Hauses von Mecklenburg'. In:'' Jahrbücher des Vereins für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde'', Band 50. S 111-326. Digital image.'' Dokumentenserver der Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern''. http://mvdok.lbmv.de/mjbrenderer?id=mvdok_document_00002930 : viewed 22 October 2017.
The English Wikipedia article for Friedrich also has a third son, Gottfried, born 1441, died 1465 but the article doesn't appear to cite any sources specifically for this child, and he is not mentioned in any other sources.Wikipedia contributors, "Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg," ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg&oldid=760063935 (accessed October 22, 2017).
Magdalene died at Schanebeck, 27 October 1454 or possibly 1453 and was buried there.

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    BirthAbt 1412
    Death27 Oct 1454Scharnebeck, Braunschweig-Lüneburg, Deutschland(HRR)
    Alt namevon Braunschweig-Lüneburg
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