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Elisabeth of Brandenburg

Duchess Consort of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Died when: 47 years 274 days (573 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Elisabeth of Brandenburg

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 , helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.

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