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Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg

1599 - 1655

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Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (11 November 1599 – 28 March 1655) was Queen of Sweden from 1620 to 1632 as the wife of King Gustav II Adolph (Gustavus Adolphus). She was born a German princess as the daughter of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Anna, Duchess of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia. In 1620, Maria Eleonora married Gustavus Adolphus with her mother's consent, but against the will of her brother George William, Elector of Brandenburg, who had just succeeded her father. She bore her husband a daughter, Christina, in 1626, who later became the Queen of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg is the 212th most popular companion (down from 143rd in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Russia (down from 194th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Companion.

Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg is most famous for being the Queen of Sweden from 1654 to 1660. She was the daughter of Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and she married King Charles X Gustav of Sweden in 1654.

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Among companions, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg ranks 212 out of 784Before her are Clarice Orsini, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Philippa of Lancaster, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eleanor of Provence, and María Isabella of Spain. After her are Hugh Despenser the younger, Gülfem Hatun, Maria Feodorovna, Faustina the Elder, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.

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Among people born in 1599, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg ranks 6Before her are Diego Velázquez, Pope Alexander VII, Oliver Cromwell, Anthony van Dyck, and Francesco Borromini. After her are Stefan Czarniecki, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, John Berchmans, and Andrea Sacchi. Among people deceased in 1655, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg ranks 4Before her are Pope Innocent X, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Pierre Gassendi. After her are Eleonora Gonzaga, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, Ukita Hideie, Cristóbal de Morales, Janusz Radziwiłł, Cornelis Schut, Eustache Le Sueur, and Francesco Molin.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg ranks 257 out of 3,761Before her are Natalia Goncharova (1881), Sergey Shoygu (1955), Gennady Yanayev (1937), Anastasia Romanovna (1530), Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), and Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848). After her are Alexandre Kojève (1902), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), and Viktor Vasnetsov (1848).

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Among companions born in Russia, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg ranks 4Before her are Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795), and Gala Dalí (1894). After her are Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Catharina of Württemberg (1783), Natalia Pushkina (1812), Anna Demidova (1878), and Agafya Grushetskaya (1663).