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Ursula of Brandenburg

Berlin, 26 Oct 1488 – Güstrow, 28 Sep 1510

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 26 Oct 1488

    Born in Berlin

  2. 1508–1509

    2 children are born

  3. 28 Sep 1510

    Dies in Güstrow, aged 21

Family

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Children · 2

During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Berlin.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1480s · Ursula is born in Berlin

News and letters

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

News and letters

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.