Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Elisabeth of Brandenburg was a Duchess consort of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg by marriage to Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick-Göttingen-Calenberg during the minority of her son, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1540 until 1545. She is considered a "Reformation Princess", who, together with the Hessian reformer Anton Corvinus, helped the Reformation prevail in today's South Lower Saxony.

Occupation

writer, hymnwriter

Position held

regent

Citizenship

Germany

Born

August 24, 1510, 1510

Died

May 25, 1558, 1558