Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin was a Margravine of Brandenburg-Küstrin by birth and Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.Life
Catherine was the younger of two daughters of John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin from his marriage to Catherine, daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
On 8 January 1570, she married Joachim of Brandenburg, later Elector Joachim III Frederick of Brandenburg in Küstrin. Due to the marriage, her husband no longer had a legitimate claim on the position of bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Magdeburg and Pope Pius V put in a request to Emperor Maximilian for his dismissal.
Catherine tried to improve the fate of the poor and the needy. She built a dairy in Wedding and sold its produce on the Molkenmarkt, a square in Berlin. She used the proceeds to finance a pharmacy in the Stadtschloss that provided medicine free of charge to those in need.
Catherine died on 30 September 1602. On 13 October, she was buried in the Hohenzollern crypt.Descendants
From her marriage with Joachim Frederick, Catherine had the following children:
