List of consorts of Brandenburg
House of Ascania
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Margravine
Ceased to be Margravine
Death
Spouse
Sophie of Winzenburg
Herman I, Count of Winzenburg -
1124, after 7 December
3 October 1157husband's accession
25 March 1160
Albert I
Judith of Poland
Bolesław III Wrymouth Piast )
1130/5
6 January 1148
18 November 1170husband's accession
8 July 1171/5
Otto I
Ada of Holland
Floris III, Count of Holland Holland )
1163/6
after 1171/5
8 July 1184husband's death
after 1205
Mathilde of Landsberg
Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia Wettin )
-
August 1205
25 February 1220husband's death
1255
Albert II
Sophie of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark Estridsen )
1217
1233/35
2 November 1247
John I
Brigitte of Saxony
Albert I, Duke of Saxony Ascania )
-
7 May 1255
3 June 1266 or 2 February 1267husband's death
before 23 December 1287
Beatrice of Bohemia
Wenceslaus I of Bohemia Přemyslids )
1230/31
before June 1243
9 October 1267husband's death
27 May 1290
Otto III
From 1266 to 1319, Brandenburg was held by the two lines of Brandenburg-Stendal and Brandenburg-Salzwedel, all of whom jointly shared the title of Margravine.
Margravine of Brandenburg-StendalHouse of Ascania
Hedwig of Werle
Nicholas I, Lord of Werle Mecklenburg-Werle )
1243
1258/62
3 June 1266 or 2 February 1267husband's accession
10 September 1281husband's death
9 September 1287
John II
Heilwig of Holstein-Kiel
John I, Count of Holstein-Kiel Schauenburg )
1250
29 January 1262
3 June 1266 or 2 February 1267husband's accession
3 January 1305/1307
Otto IV
Jutta of Henneberg
Herman I, Count of Henneberg-Coburg Henneberg )
1272
1308
27 November 1308husband's death
25 April 1317
Constance of Greater Poland
Przemysł I of Greater Poland Piast )
1245/46
1260
3 June 1266 or 2 February 1267husband's accession
8 October 1281
Conrad
Agnes of Bavaria
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
1276/78
November 1298 or 19 May 1303
14 February 1318husband's death
1340 or 22 July 1345
Henry I
Agnes of Brandenburg
Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg Ascania )
1296/98
May or October 1309
314 February 1318husband's accession
14 August 1319husband's death
28 November 1334
Waldemar
Margravine of Brandenburg-SalzwedelHouse of Ascania
Jutta of Henneberg
Herman I, Count of Henneberg-Coburg Henneberg )
-
22 October 1268
before 13 September 1295
Otto V
Matilda of Denmark
Christopher I of Denmark Estridsen )
-
1269 or 1271
23 April 1299/19 November 1300 or 1311
Albert III
Hedwig of Habsburg
Rudolph I of Germany Habsburg )
1258–1261
1279
26 January 1285/27 October 1286
Otto VI
Anna of Austria
Albert I of Germany Habsburg )
1275/80
1279
23/24 August 1298husband's accession
1 January 1308husband's death
19 March 1327
Herman
Katharina of Glogau
Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau Piast )
1300/05
before 24 March 1317
24 March 1317husband's death
5 December 1323/26
John V
After the extinction of the Ascanian dynasty in 1320, Brandenburg came under the control of the Emperor Louis IV of the House of Wittelsbach , who granted Brandenburg to his eldest son, Louis V of Bavaria .
House of Wittelsbach
Margaret of Denmark
Christopher II of Denmark Estridsen )
1305
December 1324
19 March/31 May 1340
Louis I
Margarete Maultasch
Henry of Bohemia Meinhardiner )
1318
10 February 1342
December 1351husband's abdication
3 October 1369
Cunigunde of Poland
Casimir III of Poland Piast )
before 16 May 1335
1 January/25 July 1352
10 January 1356raised to Electoral status
26 April 1357
Louis II
With the Golden Bull of 1356 the Margraviate was raised to an Electorate.
House of Wittelsbach
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Electress
Ceased to be Electress
Death
Spouse
Cunigunde of Poland
Casimir III of Poland Piast )
before 16 May 1335
1 January/25 July 1352
10 January 1356raised to Electoral status
26 April 1357
Louis II
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg-Schwerin )
1340
15 February 1360
17 May 1365husband's death
25 July 1395
Katharine of Bohemia
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg )
19 August 1342
19 March 1366
18 August 1373husband's abdication, kept electoral dignity till death
26 April 1395
Otto VII
Emperor Charles IV invaded Brandenburg in 1371 since Otto neglected his government. Two years later Otto officially resigned against a huge financial compensation and retired in Bavaria. This was the end of the Wittelsbach rule in Brandenburg.
House of Luxembourg
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Electress
Ceased to be Electress
Death
Spouse
Joanna of Bavaria
Albert I, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
1362
29 September 1370
2 October 1373husband's accession
29 November 1378husband relinquished title
31 December 1386
Wenceslaus I
Mary of Hungary
Louis I of Hungary Anjou-Hungary )
1371
31 March 1378
1388Brandenburg mortgaged
17 May 1395
Sigismund
Agnes of Opole
Bolko II of Opole Piast )
-
1374
1388husband's accession
18 January 1411husband's death
1 April 1413
Jobst
Barbara of Celje
Herman II, Count of Celje Celje )
1390/1395
1408
16 January 1411husband's accession
30 April 1415husband ceased to be elector
11 July 1451
Sigismund
House of Hohenzollern
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Electress
Ceased to be Electress
Death
Spouse
Elisabeth of Bavaria
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
1383
18 September 1401
30 April 1415husband's accession
20 September 1440husband's death
13 November 1442
Frederick I
Catherine of Saxony
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Wettin )
1421
11 June 1441
1470husband's abdication
23 August 1476
Frederick II
Anna of Saxony
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony Wettin )
7 March 1437
12 November 1458
1471husband's accession
11 March 1486husband's death
31 October 1512
Albrecht III Achilles
Margaret of Thuringia
William III of Saxony, Duke of Luxemburg Wettin )
1449
25 August 1476
11 March 1486husband's accession
9 January 1499husband's death
13 July 1501
John Cicero
Elizabeth of Denmark
John of Denmark Oldenburg )
24 June 1485
10 April 1502
11 July 1535husband's death
10 June 1555
Joachim I Nestor
Hedwig of Poland
Sigismund I the Old Jagiellon )
15 March 1513
29 August/1 September 1535
3 January 1571husband's abdication
7 February 1573
Joachim II Hector
Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Hohenzollern )
12 May 1529
12 February 1548
3 January 1571husband's accession
2 November 1575
John George
Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Hohenzollern )
5/15 September 1563
6 October 1577
8 January 1598husband's death
8 October 1607
Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin Hohenzollern )
10 August 1549
8 January 1570
8 January 1598husband's accession
30 September 1602
Joachim Frederick
Eleanor of Prussia
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia Hohenzollern )
21 August 1583
23 October 1603
9 April 1607
Anna of Prussia
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia Hohenzollern )
3 July 1576
30 October 1594
18 July 1608husband's accession
23 December 1619husband's death
30 August 1625
John Sigismund
Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
Frederick IV, Elector Palatine Palatinate-Simmern )
19 November 1597
24 July 1616
23 December 1619husband's accession
1 December 1640husband's death
26 April 1660
George William
Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Orange-Nassau )
7 December 1627
7 December 1646
18 June 1667
Frederick William I
Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg )
28 September 1636
13 June 1668
29 April 1688husband's death
6 August 1689
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover Hanover )
30 October 1668
8 October 1684
29 April 1688husband's accession
1 February 1705
Frederick III
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow Mecklenburg-Schwerin )
6 May 1685
28 November 1708
25 February 1713husband's death
29 July 1735
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
George I of Great Britain Hanover )
16 March 1687
28 November 1706
25 February 1713husband's accession
31 May 1740husband's death
28 June 1757
Frederick William II
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Brunswick-Bevern )
8 November 1715
12 June 1733
31 May 1740husband's accession
17 August 1786husband's death
13 January 1797
Frederick IV
Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Hesse-Darmstadt )
16 October 1751
14 July 1769
17 August 1786husband's accession
16 November 1797husband's death
25 February 1805
Frederick William III
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Mecklenburg-Strelitz )
10 March 1776
24 December 1793
16 November 1797husband's accession
6 August 1806dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
9 July 1810
Frederick William IV
On 6 August 1806, the feudal designation of the Electorate and Margraviate of Brandenburg ended with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire .
House of Hohenzollern
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Margravine
Ceased to be Margravine
Death
Spouse
Elisabeth of Bavaria
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
1383
18 September 1401
20 September 1440husband's death
13 November 1442
Frederick I
Margaret of Baden
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden Zähringen )
1431
12 November 1446
24 October 1457
Albert III Achilles
Anna of Saxony
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony Wettin )
7 March 1437
12 November 1458
11 March 1486husband's death
31 October 1512
Sophia of Poland
Casimir IV Jagiellon Jagiellon )
6 May 1464
14 February 1479
11 March 1486husband's accession
5 October 1512
Frederick II
Emilie of Saxony
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony Wettin )
27 July 1516
25 August 1533
4 April 1536husband's accession
27 December 1543husband's death
9 April 1591
George
Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin Hohenzollern )
29 August 1540
26 December 1558
8 March 1578
George Frederick
Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Welf )
30 October 1563
3 May 1579
25 April 1603husband's death
14 January 1639
Sophie of Solms-Laubach
John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach Solms-Laubach )
15 May 1594
14 October 1612
7 March 1625husband's death
16 May 1651
Joachim Ernest
Henriette Louise of Württemberg-Mömpelgard
Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard Württemberg )
30 June 1623
31 August 1642
3 September 1650
Albert II
Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen Oettingen-Oettingen )
19 December 1634
15 October 1651
5 August 1664
Christine of Baden-Durlach
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Baden )
22 April 1645
6 August 1665
22 October 1667husband's death
21 December 1705
Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Baden )
6 November 1651
5 February 1672
28 September 1680
John Frederick
Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach
John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Wettin )
13 April 1662
4 November 1681
22 March 1686husband's death
19 September 1696
Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental Württemberg )
20 August 1694
28 August 1709
7 January 1723husband's death
25 December 1729
William Frederick
Fredericka Louise of Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia Hohenzollern )
29 August 1714
30 May 1729
3 August 1757husband's death
4 February 1784
Charles William
Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Wettin )
24 June 1735
22 November 1754
3 August 1757husband's accession
18 February 1791
Christian II Frederick
Elizabeth Berkeley
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley Berkeley )
17 December 1750
30 October 1791
2 December 1791husband's abdication
13 January 1828
On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.
House of Hohenzollern
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Margravine
Ceased to be Margravine
Death
Spouse
Margaret of Bohemia
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Luxembourg )
29 September 1373
1381
21 January 1398husband's accession
4 June 1410
John I
Elisabeth of Bavaria
Frederick, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
1383
18 September 1401
11 June 1420husband's accession
20 September 1440husband's death
13 November 1442
Frederick I
Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg Ascania )
after 1406
before 26 May 1416
20 September 1440husband's accession
1457husband's abdication
10 October 1465
John II
Margaret of Baden
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden Zähringen )
1431
12 November 1446
1457husband's accession
24 October 1457
Albert III Achilles
Anna of Saxony
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony Wettin )
7 March 1437
12 November 1458
11 March 1486husband's death
31 October 1512
Sophia of Poland
Casimir IV Jagiellon Jagiellon )
6 May 1464
14 February 1479
26 February 1495husband's accession
5 October 1512
Frederick II
Susanna of Bavaria
Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria Wittelsbach )
2 April 1502
25 August 1518
21 September 1527husband's death
23 April 1543
Casimir
Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin Hohenzollern )
29 August 1540
26 December 1558
8 March 1578
George Frederick
Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Welf )
30 October 1563
3 May 1579
25 April 1603husband's death
14 January 1639
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach , moved the seat of his Margraviate to Bayreuth in 1604.
House of Hohenzollern
Picture
Name
Father
Birth
Marriage
Became Margravine
Ceased to be Margravine
Death
Spouse
Marie of Prussia
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia Hohenzollern )
23 January 1579
29 April 1604
1604husband's accession
21 February 1649
Christian
Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxony
John George II, Elector of Saxony Wettin )
25 February 1644
29 October 1662
22 June 1670
Christian Ernest
Sophie Louise of Württemberg-Stuttgart
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg Württemberg )
19 February 1642
8 February 1671
3 October 1702
Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern )
5 April 1674
30 March 1703
20 May 1712husband's death
22 November 1748
Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels
John Adolph I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels Wettin )
2 August 1684
16 October 1699
20 May 1712husband's accession
18 December 1726husband's death
6 May 1752
George William
Wilhelmine of Prussia
Frederick William I of Prussia Hohenzollern )
3 July 1709
30 November 1731
17 May 1735husband's accession
14 October 1758
Frederick IV
Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Welf )
7 October 1737
20 September 1759
26 February 1763husband's death
23 December 1817
Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym
Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Ascania )
25 September 1715
26 April 1732
26 February 1763husband's accession
1764divorce
4 February 1792
Frederick Christian
Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Wettin )
24 June 1735
22 November 1754
20 January 1769husband's accession
18 February 1791
Christian Frederick
Elizabeth Berkeley
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley Berkeley )
17 December 1750
30 October 1791
2 December 1791husband's abdication
13 January 1828
On 2 December 1791, Christian II Frederick sold the sovereignty of his principalities to king Frederick William II of Prussia.
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