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Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (10 March 1485, Ansbach – 24 May 1537, Liegnitz ) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and was by marriage Duchess of Legnica. The Renaissance portal of Piast Castle in Legnica with the busts of Duke Frederick and his wife Sophie
Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach (23 March 1535, Ansbach – 22 February 1587, Legnica) was a princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage Duchess of Legnica. Life [ edit ] Sophie was a daughter of the Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach (1484–1543) from his third marriage to Emilie of Saxony (1516–1591), daughter of the Duke ...
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Early life
She was born in Castle Schonberg, Bavaria, to Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach by his wife, Countess Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein. She was raised at the court of the Queen of Poland, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, in Saxony.
Crown Princess
King Frederick IV of Denmark allowed his son, Crown Prince Christian, to find a suitable bride. During a trip through Europe accompanied by Chancellor Ulrik Adolf Holstein the Crown Prince met Sophie Magdalene while she was serving as lady-in-waiting of the Queen of Poland at the Pretzsch Castle. She came from a small (the Margraviate of Kulmbach was not greater than Lolland-Falster), insignificant, relatively poor and large German princely family (she had 13 siblings); however, the King gave...
Queen Consort
At the death of Frederick IV on 12 October 1730, the couple became King and Queen of Denmark-Norway. They were crowned on 6 June 1731 in the Chapel of Frederiksborg Palace. She was behind the making of a new Danish queen's crown when she refused to wear the same one that the hated Queen Anna Sophie – whom she called "that whore!" (die Hure!)– had worn. Queen Sophie Magdelene established the collection of crown jewels when she bequeathed a large part of her jewelry for that purpose. This inclu...
Princess Louise (19 June 1724 – 20 December 1724)Princess Louise (19 October 1726 – 8 August 1756), married Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.(in Danish) Article in the Dansk biografisk LexikonDamstrup, Ellen B., Christian 6., Sophie Magdalene og Norgesrejsen 1733 , 1989Dehn-Nielsen, Henning, Christian 7. – den gale konge, 2000Biography. German royalty, a Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach and by marriage Duchess of Legnica. Sophie was a daughter of Margrave Friedrich the Elder of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth (1460-1536) from his marriage to Sophia of Poland (1464-1512), daughter of King Casimir IV of Poland.
Sophie Magdalene became Queen of Denmark in 1730. She was the daughter of Margrave Christian Heinrich of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. In 1721 she was married to Prince Christian (VI). She was the mother of Frederik V. The Royal Couple’s life together was harmonious but Sophie Magdalene was unpopular.
Daughter of Herzog Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg, became 1579 second wife of Georg Friedrich Markgraf zu Brandenburg-Kulmbach , became widow in 1603, lived in Ansbach until 1632 when she moved to Nuremberg; died on 14.1.1639; burried on 28.5.1639 in the Lorenzkirche in Nuremberg; her tomb errected after the closure of the Thirty Year's War ...
