Ursula of Brandenburg

This article is about the Duchess of Mecklenburg. For the Duchess of Münsterberg and Oels and Countess of Glatz, see Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels.

Ursula of Brandenburg
Born	(1488-10-17)17 October 1488 Berlin
Died	18 September 1510(1510-09-18) (aged 21) Güstrow
Buried	Doberan Minster
Noble family	House of Hohenzollern
Spouse(s)	Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg
Father	John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Margarethe of Saxony

Ursula, Margravine of Brandenburg (17 October 1488 – 18 September 1510) was a German noblewoman.

She was born in Berlin, the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Margarethe of Saxony.

At age 19, on 16 February 1507 she married Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1479–1552). They had three children:

1. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1508–1541), married Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
2. Magnus III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1509–1550) (predeceased his father)
3. Ursula of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 August 1510 – 22 April 1586), abbess of Ribnitz

She died in Güstrow in 1510 at the age of 21, less than a month after the birth of her third child.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ursula of Brandenburg

16. Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg 8. Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg 17. Elisabeth of Meissen 4. Albrecht III, Elector of Brandenburg 18. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria 9. Elisabeth of Bavaria 19. Maddalena Visconti 2. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg 20. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden 10. Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden 21. Anna of Oettingen 5. Margaret of Baden 22. Charles II, Duke of Lorraine 11. Catherine de Lorraine 23. Margaret of the Palatinate 1. Ursula of Brandenburg 24. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia 12. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 25. Catherine of Henneberg 6. William III, Landgrave of Thuringia 26. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13. Catherine of Brunswick 27. Sophie of Pomerania 3. Margaret of Thuringia 28. Albert IV, Duke of Austria 14. Albert II of Germany 29. Joanna Sophia of Bavaria 7. Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg 30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 15. Elizabeth of Luxembourg 31. Barbara of Cilli