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Catherine of Brandenburg (May 28 1604 - August 27 1649), was ruler of Transylvania between 1629 and 1630.
She was the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and Anne of Prussia.
On March 2 1626 she married Gabriel Bethlen, prince of Transylvania, who made her his successor in June 1626.
When the prince died on November 25 1629, she tried in vain for a year to hold on to the throne, supporting herself on her favorite Istvan Csaky. Her policy was to bring Transylvania back under the influence of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, but she is forced to abandone power on september 21 1630.
The Sublime Porte, first choses her brother-in-law István Bethlen, but finaly she is succeeded by George I Rákóczi. The new prince George I Rákóczi is elected on December 1 1630.
Catherine of Hohenzollern moves back to Germany where she converts to Catholicism in 1633 and marries in 1638 Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg. She dies on August 27 1649.