List of consorts of Brandenburg
Electress of Brandenburg, 1356–1806

List of consorts of Brandenburg

Section Title: Electress of Brandenburg, 1356–1806
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House of Wittelsbach

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress	Ceased to be Electress	Death	Spouse

-	Cunigunde of Poland	Casimir III of Poland (Piast)	before 16 May 1335	1 January/25 July 1352	10 January 1356 raised to Electoral status	26 April 1357	Louis II

-	Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)	1340	15 February 1360	17 May 1365 husband's death	25 July 1395

-	Katharine of Bohemia	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Luxembourg)	19 August 1342	19 March 1366	18 August 1373 husband's abdication, kept electoral dignity till death	26 April 1395	Otto VII

Emperor Charles IV invaded Brandenburg in 1371 since Otto neglected his government. Two years later Otto officially resigned against a huge financial compensation and retired in Bavaria.

House of Luxembourg

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress	Ceased to be Electress	Death	Spouse

-	Joanna of Bavaria	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1362	29 September 1370	2 October 1373 husband's accession	29 November 1378 husband relinquished title	31 December 1386	Wenceslaus I

-	Mary of Hungary	Louis I of Hungary (Anjou-Hungary)	1371	31 March 1378	1388 Brandenburg mortgaged	17 May 1395	Sigismund

-	Agnes of Opole	Bolko II of Opole (Piast)	1374	1388 husband's accession	18 January 1411 husband's death	1 April 1413	Jobst

-	Barbara of Celje	Herman II, Count of Celje (Celje)	1390/1395	1408	16 January 1411 husband's accession	30 April 1415 husband ceased to be elector	11 July 1451	Sigismund

House of Hohenzollern

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Electress	Ceased to be Electress	Death	Spouse

-	Elisabeth of Bavaria	Frederick, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1383	18 September 1401	30 April 1415 husband's accession	20 September 1440 husband's death	13 November 1442	Frederick I

-	Catherine of Saxony	Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	1421	11 June 1441	1470 husband's abdication	23 August 1476	Frederick II

Albrecht Achilles Gripsholm.JPG	Anna of Saxony	Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (Wettin)	7 March 1437	12 November 1458	1471 husband's accession	11 March 1486 husband's death	31 October 1512	Albrecht III Achilles

-	Margaret of Thuringia	William III of Saxony, Duke of Luxemburg (Wettin)	1449	25 August 1476	11 March 1486 husband's accession	9 January 1499 husband's death	13 July 1501	John Cicero

-	Elizabeth of Denmark	John of Denmark (Oldenburg)	24 June 1485	10 April 1502	11 July 1535 husband's death	10 June 1555	Joachim I Nestor

-	Hedwig of Poland	Sigismund I the Old (Jagiellon)	15 March 1513	29 August/1 September 1535	3 January 1571 husband's abdication	7 February 1573	Joachim II Hector

-	Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach	George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Hohenzollern)	12 May 1529	12 February 1548	3 January 1571 husband's accession	2 November 1575	John George

ElisabethAnhaltBrandenburg.JPG	Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst	George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Hohenzollern)	5/15 September 1563	6 October 1577	8 January 1598 husband's death	8 October 1607

-	Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin	John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (Hohenzollern)	10 August 1549	8 January 1570	8 January 1598 husband's accession	30 September 1602	Joachim Frederick

Eleanor of Prussia	Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (Hohenzollern)	21 August 1583	23 October 1603	9 April 1607

-	Anna of Prussia	Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia (Hohenzollern)	3 July 1576	30 October 1594	18 July 1608 husband's accession	23 December 1619 husband's death	30 August 1625	John Sigismund

-	Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate	Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (Palatinate-Simmern)	19 November 1597	24 July 1616	23 December 1619 husband's accession	1 December 1640 husband's death	26 April 1660	George William

-	Louise Henriette of Orange-Nassau	Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (Orange-Nassau)	7 December 1627	7 December 1646	18 June 1667	Frederick William I

-	Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg	Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)	28 September 1636	13 June 1668	29 April 1688 husband's death	6 August 1689

-	Sophia Charlotte of Hanover	Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover (Hanover)	30 October 1668	8 October 1684	29 April 1688 husband's accession	1 February 1705	Frederick III

1685 Sophie Luise.JPG	Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (Mecklenburg-Schwerin)	6 May 1685	28 November 1708	25 February 1713 husband's death	29 July 1735

-	Sophia Dorothea of Hanover	George I of Great Britain (Hanover)	16 March 1687	28 November 1706	25 February 1713 husband's accession	31 May 1740 husband's death	28 June 1757	Frederick William II

-	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern	Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Brunswick-Bevern)	8 November 1715	12 June 1733	31 May 1740 husband's accession	17 August 1786 husband's death	13 January 1797	Frederick IV

-	Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt	Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (Hesse-Darmstadt)	16 October 1751	14 July 1769	17 August 1786 husband's accession	16 November 1797 husband's death	25 February 1805	Frederick William III

-	Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Mecklenburg-Strelitz)	10 March 1776	24 December 1793	16 November 1797 husband's accession	6 August 1806 dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire	9 July 1810	Frederick William IV

On 6 August 1806, the feudal designation of the Electorate and Margraviate of Brandenburg ended with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (10 August 1549 – 30 September 1602) was a margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin by birth and electress of Brandenburg by marriage.

final_sentence: Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (10 August 1549 – 30 September 1602) was a margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin by birth and electress of Brandenburg by marriage.