Barbara III zu Brandenburg

Brief Life History of Barbara III

When Barbara III zu Brandenburg was born in 1409, in Berlin, Germany, her father, Friedrich I von Brandenburg, was 38 and her mother, Herzogin Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut, was 26. She died in 1416, at the age of 7.

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Family Time Line

Friedrich I von Brandenburg
1371–1440
Herzogin Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
Elisabeth von Brandenburg
1403–1449
Markgraf Johann von Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1406–1464
Friedrich Der Dicke Von Hohenzollern
1424–
Caecilie von Brandenburg
1405–1449
Katharine Of Saxony
1408–
Barbara III zu Brandenburg
1409–1416
Margarete von Brandenburg
1410–1465
Magdalene Hohenzollern von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1412–1454
Frederick Elector of Brandenburg Hohenzollern II
1413–1471
Albrecht III. Achilles von Brandenburg
1414–1486
Sofie Margravine Brandenburg
1416–1416
Sofie Von Hohenzollern
1417–1417
Dorothea von Brandenburg
1420–1491
Katharina Von Sachsen
1421–1476
Prince Heinrich von Sachsen Wettin
1422–1435
Markgraf Friedrich der Jüngere von Brandenburg-Altmark
1424–1463
Wilhelm III. Graf von Wettin, Landgraf von Thüringen, Herzog von Sachsen
1425–1482

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    Name Meaning

    Chinese:

    Mandarin form of the surname 祖, meaning ‘ancestors’ in Chinese: (i) from the first element of the personal names Zu Jia (祖甲), Zu Yi (祖乙), Zu Xin (祖辛), Zu Ding (祖丁), and Zu Geng (祖庚), personal names of several kings during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ). (ii) from the first element of the personal names of Zu Ji (祖己) and Zu Yin (祖尹), who were descendants of an official called Zhong Hui who lived some time during the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC ).

    Mandarin form of the surname 俎, meaning ‘sacrificial utensil’ in ancient Chinese: (i) adopted as a surname by the Bao Zu (鮑俎) family from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD ). (ii) said to be adopted by the fourth son of the uncle of the famous general Yue Fei (1103–1142 AD ), who changed the original surname Zhu (祝) to Zu (俎) in order to escape from political persecutions.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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