Brief Life History of Sophia
When Sophia Jagiellonka von Polen was born on 6 May 1464, in Kraków County, Małopolska, Poland, her father, Casimir Andrew Jagiellon IV, Grand Duke of Lithuania and , King of Poland, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth of Austria, was 28. She married Frederick II of Brandenburg Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach on 14 February 1479, in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire. They were the parents of at least 12 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 5 October 1512, in Ansbach, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 48, and was buried in Heilsbronn, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
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Sources (11)
- Sophia Jagiellonica, "Find A Grave Index"
- WIKIPEDIA: SOPHIA JAGIELLON
- Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Spouse and Children
1464–1512 Female
Children (21)
1480–1480 Female
1480– Female
1481–1527 Male
1482–1532 Female
1483– Male
+16 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1436–1505 Female
Siblings (13)
1457–1502 Female
1458–1484 Male
1459–1501 Male
1461–1506 Male
+8 More Children
Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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