page_title: Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen
hierarchical_section_title: Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Elisabeth, Kurfürstin von Brandenburg, nimmt heimlich das heilige Abendmahl in beiderlei Gestalt. Holzstich nach einem Gemälde von Adolph Treidler (1846&#8211;1905), erschienen in: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 9 (1874).
context_page_description: Elisabeth of Brandenburg was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1540 until 1545. She is considered a "Reformation Princess", who, together with the Hessian reformer Anton Corvinus, helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.
context_section_description: Elisabeth of Brandenburg (24 August 1510 – 25 May 1558) was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1540 until 1545. She is considered a "Reformation Princess", who, together with the Hessian reformer Anton Corvinus, helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.
caption: Elisabeth, Elector of Brandenburg, secretly takes communion in both kinds. Wood engraving after a painting by Adolph Treidler (1846-1905), published in: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 9 (1874).
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