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August I. von Sachsen 1526–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1526

Birth Location: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg

Death Date: 21 February 1586

Death Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony

Father: Hendrik Saksen

Mother: Catharina Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Spouse(s): Anna Denemarken

Children(s): Christian Meissen

In 1526, August I. von Sachsen entered the world in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, born to Hendrik V Wettin Hertog Van Saksen And Catharina Van Mecklenburg Schwerin. August I. von Sachsen married Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken, and had children including Christian I Wettin Von Sachsen Meissen. August I. von Sachsen passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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Biography

  • In 1526, August I. von Sachsen entered the world in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, born to Hendrik V Wettin Hertog Van Saksen And Catharina Van Mecklenburg Schwerin.
  • August I. von Sachsen married Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken, and had children including Christian I Wettin Von Sachsen Meissen.
  • August I. von Sachsen passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hendrik Saksen
1473–1541
Birth Location: Dresden, Saksen
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Catharina Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1487–1561
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Anna Denemarken
1532–1585
Birth Location: Haderslev, Haderslev Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
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Children(s)

Christian Meissen
1560–1591
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
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August Sachsen's Ancestors

Self
August Sachsen
1526–1586
Birth Place: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Parents
Hendrik V Wettin Hertog van Saksen
1473–1541
Dresden, Saksen
Catharina (van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1487–1561
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

August Sachsen's Descendants

1.
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August (I. von) Sachsen (31 Jul 1526–21 February 1586) m. Anna (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken (22 Nov 1532–1 Oct 1585)
  1. 1. Christian (I Wettin von Sachsen) Meissen 1560–1591 m. Sophie (Sofia von Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1568–1622 m. Erdmuthe (Hohenzollern von) Brandenburg 1561–1623
    1. 1. John (George I Wettin Sachsen) Meissen 1585–1656 m. Magdalena (Sibylla Hohenzollern Preussen) Prussia 1586–1659 m. Sibylla (Elisabeth Duchess of Hohenzollern Wurttemberg von Preussen) Princess 1584–1659
      1. 1. Sophia (Eleonora Princess of) Saxony 1609–1671 m. Prince (Georg II Landgrave Von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1605–1661
        1. 1. Landgravine (Elisabeth Amalie Magdalene VanHesse) Darmstadt 1635–1709 m. Philip (William, Duke of Juelich Berg, Elector of the Palatinate Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg, Elector) Palatine 1615–1690
      2. 2. Sophie (Eleonore Von) Sachsen 1594–1671

August Sachsen's Timeline

2 Records

1526
31 Jul 1526
Birth of August I. von Sachsen in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
1586
21 February 1586
Age 60
Death of August I. von Sachsen in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Jul 1526
    Event Place: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 February 1586
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
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