Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Elisabeth of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (24 June 1485 - 10 June 1555) was the daughter of king Hans of Denmark and his wife, Christina of Saxony.
In 1502 she married Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, a pugnacious adherent of Roman Catholic orthodoxy during the Reformation. Elizabeth became a Protestant in 1528 and escaped to the court of her uncle, John, Elector of Saxony, where she remained until 1535.
After the death of her husband, Elizabeth resided in Lichtenberg and returned in 1545 to Brandenburg, where she stayed in Spandau.
Her children were:
#Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
#Anna (1507 - 1567), in 1524 married Albert VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow,
#Elisabeth (1510-1558), in 1525 married Eric I of Brunswick-Kalenberg,
#Margaretha (1511-1577), in 1530 married George I of Pommern,
#Johan (1513-1571), Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin.
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