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Anna of Brandenburg

1487–1514

Born
1487, Berlin
Country of birth
Margraviate of Brandenburg, today Germany
Died
13 May 1514, Kiel
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A life in time

  1. Born · Berlin

    Birth, Berlin

  2. Child born: Christian III of Denmark

    Birth, Gottorf Castle

  3. Child born: Dorothea of Denmark

    Birth, Gottorf Castle

  4. Died · Kiel

    Death, Kiel

What was it like?

The world around Berlin, 1487: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

Known for

Margravine Anna of Brandenburg was a German noblewoman, the daughter of John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, and Margaret of Thuringia. By her marriage to Frederick I, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein, she became duchess consort of Schleswig and of Holstein.

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.

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Four generations back to the right, the children to the left. The number beside a child counts the generations of descendants known after them.