Magdalene of Brandenburg (born: ; died: 27 October 27 1454 in Scharnebeck

Scharnebeck

Scharnebeck is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately northeast of Lüneburg. Scharnebeck is known for its twin ship lift, in the Elbe-Seitenkanal....

) was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Principality of Lüneburg

The Principality of Lüneburg was a territorial division of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg within the Holy Roman Empire, immediately subordinate to the emperor. It existed from 1269 until 1705 and its territory lay within the modern-day state of Lower Saxony in Germany...

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Life

Magdalena was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg

Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick was Burgrave of Nuremberg as Frederick VI and Elector of Brandenburg as Frederick I. He was a son of Burgrave Frederick V of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen, and was the first member of the House of Hohenzollern to rule the Margraviate of Brandenburg.- Biography :Frederick entered...

 (1371-1440) from his marriage to Elizabeth

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Brandenburg

Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut , nicknamed "Beautiful Beth", was an Electress of Brandenburg.- Life :Elizabeth was a daughter of Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria-Landshut and his second wife Maddalena Visconti...

 (1383-1442 ), daughter of Duke Frederick "the Wise" of Bavaria-Landshut

Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

Frederick was Duke of Bavaria from 1375. He was the second son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.-Family:His maternal grandparents were Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou...

. Elizabeth's brothers were Electors of Brandenburg, one after the other, first Frederick II

Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick II of Brandenburg , nicknamed "the Iron" and sometimes "Irontooth" , was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.-Biography:Frederick II was born in Tangermünde to Frederick I, Brandenburg's...

, then Albrecht III Achilles.

She married on 3 July 1429 in Tangermünde

Tangermünde

Tangermünde is a town in the district of Stendal, in the northeastern part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Elbe river in the Altmark region.-History:Tangermünde can look back at an 1000-year history...

 with Duke Frederick II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick II , also known as Frederick the Pious was the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1434 to 1457 and from 1472 to 1478.- Life :...

 (1418-1478). The marriage had been arranged by Emperor Sigismund

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund of Luxemburg KG was King of Hungary, of Croatia from 1387 to 1437, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411...

, like the marriage of her sister Cecilia

Cecilia of Brandenburg

Cecilia of Brandenburg was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.- Life :Cecilia was the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg from his marriage to Elizabeth , daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut...

 with Duke William "the Victorious" of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Both couples were engaged on 3 March 1420. Magdalena brought a dowry

Dowry

A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings forth to the marriage. It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to the bride's parents, and dower, which is property settled on the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both...

 of into the marriage, for which Wichard von Rochow had vouched, and was promised Bodenteich Castle as her wittum

Wittum

Wittum , Widum or Witthum is a medieval Latin legal term, known in marital and ecclesiastical law.- Provide for a widow at the wedding :...

, but later received the city and castle of Lüchow

Lüchow

Lüchow is a city in northeastern Lower Saxony, in Germany. It is the seat of the Samtgemeinde Lüchow , and is the capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg. Situated approximately 13 km north of Salzwedel, Lüchow is located on the German Framework Road...

 instead.

Issue

From her marriage Magdalena had the following children:

• Bernard II
  Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was the Bishop of Hildesheim from 1452 to 1458, as well as Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to 1464.- Life :...
  
   (1432-1464), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1463 Countess Mathilde von Holstein-Schauenburg (d. 1468)

• Otto II the Victorious
  Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Otto, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous , was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his brother, Bernard, until Bernard's death in 1464....
  
   (1438/39-1471), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1467 Princess Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg

Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg

Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Flemish-German philanthropist.Anna was the eldest daughter of John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his wife Maria, the daughter of John II, Count of Loon-Heinsberg. Anna was married firstly to Otto V 'the Magnanimous,' Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

 (1441-1513)

• Margaret (1442-1512)

married in 1452 Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Stargard

Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard

Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard was the ruling Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard, including the Lordships of Neubrandenburg, Stargard, Strelitz and Wesenberg, from 1417 to 1466...

(d. 1466)