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Barbara of Brandenburg ([] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: no text (help); b. 10 August 1527 - d. Brzeg, 2 January 1595), was a German princess member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Brzeg.
She was the second child but eldest daughter of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, by his first wife Margareta, daughter of Albert, Duke of Saxony.
Life
Barbara married with George II the Pious, Duke of Brzeg on 15 February 1545 in her homeland, Berlin. She bore him seven children, two sons and five daughters.
Duke George II died on 7 May 1586, after almost forty-one years of marriage. In his will, he left the Duchy of Brzeg to his wife as her Oprawa wdowią with the full sovereignity over this land until her own death. The Duchies of Oława and Wołów were received by her sons Joachim Frederick and John George as co-rulers, and because barbara was the Regnant Duchess in Brzeg, both brothers decided to settled his residence in Oława.
After Barbara's death, Brzeg was inherited by her only surviving son Joachim Frederick, because her other son, John George, already died in 1592.