Sibylle of Brandenburg
Sibylle of Brandenburg | |
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Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg | |
| Mother | Anna of Saxony |
Sibylle of Brandenburg (31 May 1467 in
. She was the governor-regent of Jülich-Berg for her daughter Maria from 1511 to 1524.Life
Sibylle was a daughter of Elector
She married on 25 July 1481 in
After ten years their only child was born, a girl named Maria. She married Duke John III of Cleves. They were engaged in 1496, when Maria was five years old and John was six. They married in 1510. This resulted in the so-called Cleves Union in which the Duchies of Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg and Cleves-Mark were combined to form the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. When William died in 1511, Maria, being female, could not inherit and Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg fell to John III.
Sibylle survived her husband by 13 years. At the request of Maria and John II, who resided in Cleves, she acted as governor of Jülich-Berg during this period.[1] Sybille was described as spirited, energetic and wise and an equitable mother for her country.
Sibylle died in 1524 and was buried in Altenberg Abbey.
Issue
From her marriage with William, Sibylle had a daughter:
- Anne Of Cleves, Queen consort of Henry VIIIof England.
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Footnotes
- ^ Johann F. Knapp: Regenten- und Volks-Geschichte der Länder Cleve, Mark, Jülich, Berg und Ravensberg , Becker, 1836, p. 512
References and sources
- Julius von Minutoli: Das kaiserliche Buch des Markgrafen Albrecht Achilles, Schneider, 1850, p. 492
- Hermann von Scharff-Scharffenstein: Denkwürdigkeiten eines Royalisten, F. A. Herbig, 1859, p. 221 ff.
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