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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

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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

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.

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.