Anne Catherine was born in Halle (Saale) and raised in Wolmirstedt. Her parents were Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg and his first wife Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin. Christian met her on his journey in Germany in 1595 and decided to marry her.
The House of Hohenzollern (/ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, also US: /-ə n t s ɔː-, ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n,-ˈ z ɔː-/, German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊ̯s hoːənˈt͡sɔlɐn] (), Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg ...
1571: Johann von Küstrin, Fürst der Markgrafschaft Brandenburg-Küstrin; 1572: Jan Augusta, Bischof der Unität der Böhmischen Brüder; 1572: William Petre, englischer Politiker; 1593: Szymon Budny, polnisch-weißrussischer Humanist und Bibelübersetzer, führender Vertreter des polnisch-litauischen Unitarismus