Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1502–1568)


Anna of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by births and marriage Duchess of Pomerania.

Life

Anna was a daughter of the Duke Henry I of Lüneburg from his marriage to Margaret, daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony.
She married on 2 February 1525 in Szczecin Duke Barnim XI of Pomerania. On the occasion of their marriage, Barnim concluded a defensive alliance with her father. In exchange for her dowry of Anna was promised the city and district of Stolp as her Wittum. In 1536, she was promised the district of Rügenwalde instead. Anna died before her husband, so that these promises never had to be applied.
Anna died in 1568 and was buried in the Church of St. Otto in Szczecin.
Anna was one of the strongest opponents of her brother-in-law George. She felt that he put her husband at a disadvantage in the government of Pomerania and that George's intent ot marry Margaret of Brandenburg was undermining her own position. Anna was a driving force behind the division of Pomerania in 1532.

Issue

From her marriage, Anna had the following children: