Dorothea Sibylle of Brandenburg


Dorothea Sibylle of Brandenburg was a Duchess of Brieg by marriage. She was a daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg by his third wife, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was also known as Duchess Dorothea Sibylla of Liegnitz and Brieg, and was born as the Margravine of Brandenburg.

Life

Born in Berlin, Dorothea Sibylle was the fourth and youngest daughter of her parents. After her father died in 1598, she grew up in her mother's estate, Crossen.
On 12 December 1610, Dorothea Sibylle married her maternal cousin, Duke Christian of Brieg. She was described as "kind, and religious". She also played a crucial role in her husband's conversion to Calvinism in 1613.
Dorothea Sibylle and John Christian had the following children:
  1. George III
  2. Joachim
  3. Henry
  4. Ernest
  5. Anna Elisabeth
  6. Louis IV
  7. Rudolf
  8. Christian
  9. August
  10. Sibylle Margareta
  11. Dorothea
  12. Agnes
  13. Sophia Magdalena