Brief Life History of Ursula von
Ursula von Hohenzollern was born on 25 September 1450, in Berlin, Germany as the daughter of Margarethe von Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern. She married Duke Heinrich I The Elder Podiebrad of Münsterberg on 9 February 1467, in Eger, Bohemia, Austria. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 25 November 1508, in Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 58.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Ursula of Brandenburg -
Spouse and Children
1448–1498 Male
1450–1508 Female
Children (9)
1468–1511 Male
1470–1502 Male
1472–1472 Male
1473–1530 Female
1476–1536 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1431–1489 Female
Siblings (7)
1447–1450 Male
1450–1508 Female
1451–1524 Female
1453–1509 Female
1455–1499 Male
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Name Meaning
From the Latin name Ursula, a diminutive of ursa ‘(she-)bear’. This was the name of a 4th-century saint martyred at Cologne with a number of companions, traditionally said to have been eleven thousand, but more probably just eleven, the exaggeration being due to a misreading of a diacritic mark in an early manuscript. This name was moderately popular in the 16th century, but its use in the English-speaking world today is selective. A more recent influence has been the film actress Ursula Andress ( b. 1936 in Switzerland).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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