Barbara Of Brandenburg (1464-1515)
Barbara of Brandenburg may refer to: * Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua (1422–1481) * Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515), Queen of Bohemia * Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (1495–1552) * Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg Barbara of Brandenburg (10 August 1527 – Brzeg, 2 January 1595), was a German princess member of the House of Hohenzollern She was a Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brieg (Brzeg). She was the second child but eldes ...

Barbara Of Brandenburg, Marquise Of Mantua
Barbara of Brandenburg (1422 – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. She was referred to as a ''virago'' because of her strong character and forceful nature, and served as Regent of Mantua several times during the absence of Ludivico III between 1445 and 1455.Ingeborg Walter. Barbara di Hohenzollern, marchesa di Mantova (итал.). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani – Volume 6 (1964). Treccani. She is regarded as an important figure in the Italian Renaissance and was a student of Vittorino da Feltre. Life Barbara was the daughter of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg and a niece of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. Her engagement took place on 5 July and marriage took place on 12 November 1433 in Mantua, when she was only ten years old, and she spent the latter part of her childhood in Mantua. Her marriage had been arranged partially by her uncle the Emperor. She ...
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Barbara Of Brandenburg (1464–1515)
Barbara of Brandenburg (30 May 1464 – 4 September 1515), a member of the German House of Hohenzollern, was by birth Margravine of Brandenburg, and by her two marriages, Duchess of Głogów from 1472 to 1476, and Queen of Bohemia (although only nominally) from 1476 to 1490/1500. Family Barbara of Brandenburg was born in the Hohenzollern residence of Ansbach as the tenth of the nineteen children of Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg; she was the fourth child born from his second marriage to Anna of Saxony, daughter of the Wettin elector Frederick II of Saxony. At the time of her birth, her father ruled the Franconian margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach and also inherited the neighbouring Principality of Kulmbach, upon the death of his elder brother Margrave John the Alchemist. In 1471, he succeeded his brother Frederick Irontooth as Elector of Brandenburg. First marriage In Berlin on 11 October 1472, eight-year-old Barbara was married to the Silesian Piast Duke ...
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Barbara Of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach
Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (24 September 1495 in Ansbach – 23 September 1552 in Karlovy Vary) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and marriage Landgravine of Leuchtenberg. Life Barbara was a daughter of Margrave Frederick the Elder of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth (1460-1536) from his marriage to Sophia Jagiellon (1464-1512), daughter of King Casimir IV Jagiello of Poland. She married on 29 September 1527 at the Plassenburg to Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg (1502-1555). She brought a dowry of into the marriage and a dower of was settled on her. In 1549, she apologized in writing to her many relatives, because her son had married the very wealthy Matilda de la Marck-Arenberg, without consulting most of her relatives. The marriage had been mediated by her brother Albert and was instrumental in restoring the financial health of the Landgraviate. Barbara died in 1552 and was buried in the Church of the Assumption in Pfreimd Pfreimd is ...
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