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Hedwig of Brandenburg (23 February 1540 in Cölln – 21 October 1602 in Wolfenbüttel) was Margravine of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. == Life == Hedwig was a daughter of the Elector of Brandenburg Joachim II (1505–1571) and his second wife, Hedwig (1513–1573), the daughter of king Sigismund I of Poland. She married on 25 February 1560 inCölln on the Spree to Duke Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1528–1589). The couple had met at the court of Margrave John at Küstrin, where Julius had fled from his wayward father. After Julius had reconciled with his father, Henry II, who had agreed only reluctantly to the marriage of his son with a Protestant, the couple received castles in Hessen and Schladen a residence. After Julius's older brothers had fallen in the Battle of Sievershausen, Henry II was alleged to have appeared at Hessen Castle and let himself into the room of his daughter-in-law, exclaimed: ''You'll now have to be my beloved son!''.〔O. von Heinemann: ''Das Königreich Hannover und das Herzogthum Braunschweig'', 1858, p. 254〕 Julius later came under the fraudulent influence of Philipp Sömmering and Anne Marie Schulfermanns (nicknamed ''Schlüter-Liese'') and estranged from his wife.〔Carl Eduard Vehse: ''Geschichte der deutschen Höfe seit der Reformation'', part 5, Hoffman and Campe, 1854, p. 281〕 Hedwig was described as a pious and humble, with preference for domestic activities. In 1598, the theologician Stephan Prätorius dedicated his book ドイツ語:''Der Witwen Trost'' ("the widow's consolation") to Hedwig. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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