Sofia Brandenburg-Ansbach ( German: Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach ; January 10, 1614 - December 3, 1646 ) - Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach , married to the Crown Princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth .
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Biography
Sofia is the daughter of Margrave Joachim Ernst of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his wife Countess Sofia Solms-Laubach . Sister Margraves of Frederick II of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Albrecht II of Brandenburg-Ansbach .
On December 8, 1641, in Ansbach, Sofia married the cousin of Crown Prince Erdman Augustus of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , the son of Margrave Christian Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Maria of Prussia . The spouses were born the only son Christian Ernst , the future Margrave of Bayreuth. After the death of his wife Erdman, Augustus intended to marry a second time to Sophia Agnes Mecklenburg-Schwerinsky, daughter of the Duke Adolf Frederick I of Mecklenburg , but died suddenly. Sofia is buried in the Bayreuth City Church.
Descendants
- Christian Ernst (1644-1712), Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, married successively to Erdmouth Sofia of Saxony , Sofia Louise of Württemberg and Elizabeth Sofia of Brandenburg .
Literature
- Gustav Schmid: Die Bayreuther Markgrafen. Eine Zusammenschau , Heimatbeilage zum Oberfränkischen Schulanzeiger; Nr. 273. Bayreuth 2000, S. 13-17
- Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts . Beck, München 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5