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Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Sophia Jagiellon
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Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Reign 1486-1512
Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Reign 1495-1512
Born 6 May 1464
Krakow, Poland
Died 5 October 1512
Ansbach
Burial Monastery of Heilsbronn
Spouse Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Issue
Among Others
Casimir, Margrave of Kulmbach
George, Margrave of Ansbach
Albert, Duke of Prussia
Johann, Viceroy of Valencia
Dynasty Jagiellon
Father Casimir IV Jagiellon
Mother Elizabeth Habsburg
Religion Roman Catholicism

Sophia of Poland (Polish: Zofia Jagiellonka, 6 May 1464 – 5 October 1512), was a princess, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, great grand daughter of Emperor Sigismund and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

Born in Kraków, she was the second daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania and King Casimir IV of Poland and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of the German king Albrecht. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Sophia of Halshany, Queen of Poland.

Sophia was baptised by John Gruszczynski, Bishop of Krakow. There is no information available concerning Sophia's upbringing or education.

In 1468, Sophia was first betrothed to Archduke Maximilian of Austria, son and heir of Emperor Frederick III. Then, on 8 April of the same year, Protas Černohorský z Boskovic, Bishop of Olomouc, appeared as a representant of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, asking the hand of Sophia, although soon Matthias preferred the hand of Sophia's elder sister, Hedwig. A marriage to Maximilian seemed more likely for Sophia, mostly because she and her sisters were all attractive brides for European nobility, since they all had claims to the thrones of Austria and Luxembourg through their mother Elisabeth. There could have been a chance that one could become Duchess of Austria or Luxembourg and transfer their patrimony to a husband and his family.


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