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December 20, 1316
- Stendal, Sachsen, Preussen, Germany Death: December 20, 1316 (63-72)
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Matilda of Brandenburg (also called Mechthild; c. 1210 – 10 June 1261), a member of the House of Ascania, was first Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1252 by her marriage with the Welf duke Otto the Child.
On 23 June 1290 Henry IV died unexpectedly, probably poisoned. Soon after, Matilda returned to Brandenburg, where she died before 1 June 1298 and was buried in a Cistercian Kloster Lehnin. References
Stepmother and stepson: Duchess Matilda in the power struggle after the death of her husband Barnim I, the Duke of Pomerania
Dec 11, 2022 · Birthdate: circa 1248. Birthplace: Stendal, Sachsen, Preussen, Germany. Death: December 20, 1316 (63-72) Marienkirche, Szczecin, Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. Immediate Family: Daughter of Otto III, Markgraf von Brandenburg and Beatrix von Brandenburg.
- Stendal, Preussen
- Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania
- Preussen
- circa 1248
- Life
- Inheritance and Descendants
- Double Statue of The Brothers at The Siegesallee
- References
Regency and guardianship
John was the elder son of Albert II of the Brandenburg line of the House of Ascania and Mechthild (Matilda), the daughter of Margrave Conrad II of Lusatia, a junior line of the House of Wettin. Since both John and his two years younger brother Otto III were minors when their father died in 1220, Emperor Frederick II transferred the regency to Archbishop Albert I of Magdeburg. The guardianship was taken up by the children's first cousin once removed, Count Henry I of Anhalt, the older brother...
Domestic policies
After the death of Count Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1227, the brothers supported his nephew, their brother-in-law Otto the Child, who was only able to prevail against Hohenstaufen claims and its vassals by force of arms. In 1229, there was a feud with former regent Archbishop Albert, which ended peacefully. Like their former opponents and defenders, they appeared at the Diet of Mainz in 1235, where the Public Peace of Mainzwas proclaimed. After the dispute over the kingship between Conrad...
Developing the country
John I and his brother Otto III developed the territory of their margraviate and expanded market towns and castles, including Spandau, Cölln and Prenzlau into towns and centers of commerce. They also expanded Frankfurt an der Oderand John I awarded it city status in 1253.
The joint rule of the Margraves ended in 1258 with a division of their territory. A cleverly managed division and continued consensual policy prevented the Margraviate from falling apart. The preparations for the reorganization may have begun in 1250, when the Uckermark was acquired, but no later than 1255, when John I married Jutta (Brigitte), the...
The double statue depicted on the left stood in the Siegesallee in the Großer Tiergarten in Berlin. The Siegesallee was a grand boulevard commissioned by Emperor Wilhelm II in 1895 with statues illustrating the history of Brandenburg and Prussia. Between 1895 and 1901, 27 sculptors led by Reinhold Begascreated 32 statues of Prussian and Brandenburg...
Primary references
1. Heinrici de Antwerpe: Can. Brandenburg., Tractatus de urbe Brandenburg, edited and elucidated by Georg Sello, in: 22. Jahresbericht des Altmärkischen Vereins für vaterländische Geschichte und Industrie zu Salzwedel, Magdeburg, 1888, issue 1, p. 3-35, internet version by Tilo Köhn with transcriptions and translation. 2. Chronica Marchionum Brandenburgensium, ed. G. Sello, FBPrG I, 1888. 3. Schreckenbach, Bibliogr. zur Gesch. der Mark Brandenburg, vols. 1–5, Publications of the State Archive...
Secondary references
1. Tilo Köhn (publisher): Brandenburg, Anhalt und Thüringen im Mittelalter. Askanier und Ludowinger beim Aufbau fürstlicher Territorialherrschaften, Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar and Vienna, 1997, ISBN 3-412-02497-X 2. Helmut Assing: Die frühen Askanier und ihre Frauen, Kulturstiftung Bernburg, 2002, ISBN 3-9805532-9-9 3. Wolfgang Erdmann: Zisterzienser-Abtei Chorin. Geschichte, Architektur, Kult und Frömmigkeit, Fürsten-Anspruch und -Selbstdarstellung, klösterliches Wirtschaften sowie Wechselwirku...
- Matilda of Lusatia
- Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg
- Sophie of Denmark, Brigitte of Saxony
- House of Ascania
Jan 15, 2022 · September 11, 1224. Birthplace: Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic) Death: May 25, 1286 (61) Brandenburg An Der Havel, BB, Germany. Immediate Family: Daughter of Václav I "Jednooky" Přemyslid - von Böhmen, King of Bohemia and Kunigunde von Schwaben. Wife of Otto III, Markgraf von Brandenburg.
Matilda passed away on month day 1261, at age 51. View all documents. Matilda Żagański (Piast) (born von Brandenburg), 1296 - 1329. Matilda Żagański (Piast) (born von Brandenburg) was born in 1296, in birth place. Matilda married Henryk II-IV "the Faithful" Żagański (Piast) on month day 1312, at age 16. Henryk was born in 1289, in birth place.
