Background
She was the second child but eldest daughter of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, by his first wife Magdalena, daughter of George, Duke of Saxony.
Elector of Brandenburg Duchess of Brzeg
She was the second child but eldest daughter of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, by his first wife Magdalena, daughter of George, Duke of Saxony.
In 1537 Barbara was betrothed to George (later George II the Pious), second son of Duke Frederick II of Legnica as a part of the alliance signed between her father and Frederick World War II The wedding took place eight years later, on 15 February 1545 in her homeland, Berlin. As a dowry, Barbara received the amount of 20,000 Rhenish florins, who was provided by the citizens of Brzeg. Two years later (1547), Duke Frederick II died and George inherited the Duchy of Brzeg, who included the towns of Oława, Strzelin, Niemcza, Kluczbork, Byczyna, Wołów and Ścinawa.
Duke George II died on 7 May 1586, after forty-one years of marriage.