Margaret of Brandenburg was a Princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marrying first a duke of Pomerania and later a prince of Anhalt.
The Baptism of Christ (detail), 1556, by Lucas Cranach the Younger. The two people at the front are said to represent Margrave John of Küstrin and his sister Margareta. In the background, the Royal Palace at Dessau is depicted. The scene refers to Margaret's second marriage in 1534 in Dessau.
Joachim I Nestor was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, the fifth member of the House of Hohenzollern. His nickname was taken from King Nestor of Greek mythology.
Margaret of Brandenburg, Duchess of Pomerania
…of Brandenburg by birth and by marrying first a duke of Pomerania and later a prince of Anhalt. Margaret was the youngest daughter of the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg (1484–1535) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1485–1555), daughter of King John of Denmark. She married her first husband on 23 January 1530 in Berlin…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1529)