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August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony 1526–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 July 1526

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

Death Date: 21 February 1586

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

Father: Heinrich Sachsen-Sagan

Mother: Katharina Schwerin

Spouse(s): Anna Oldenburg

Children(s): Christian SAX

August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony was born in 1526 in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, the child of Heinrich Sax 16 Herzog Von Sachsen Sagan And Katharina Meck Schwerin. August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony married Anna Den Oldenburg, and had children including Christian I Sax. August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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  • August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony was born in 1526 in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, the child of Heinrich Sax 16 Herzog Von Sachsen Sagan And Katharina Meck Schwerin.
  • August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony married Anna Den Oldenburg, and had children including Christian I Sax.
  • August I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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Spouses(s)

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August Saxony's Ancestors

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August Saxony
1526–1586
Birth Place: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Parents
Heinrich SAX 16 Herzog von Sachsen-Sagan
1473–1541
Dresden
Katharina (MECK) Schwerin
1487–1561
Grandparents
Albrecht (SAX) 17
1443–1500
Grimma
Sidonie BÖHMEN
1449–1510
Podiebrad
Magnus (II. MECK) Schwerin
1441–1503
Schwerin, Mecklenburg
Sophie (POM) Helfenstein
1458–1504
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich 18
1412–1464
Margaretha Habsburg
1416–1486
Georg BÖHMEN
1420–
Kunigunde STERNBERG
1425–1449
Heinrich Schwerin
1417–1477
Dorothea BRANDENBURG
1420–1491
Erich Pommern-Wolgast
1418–1474
Sophia Stolp
1435–1497
2nd-Great-Grandparents

August Saxony's Descendants

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August (I. SAX August I of Wettin, Elector of) Saxony (31 July 1526–21 February 1586) m. Anna (DEN) Oldenburg (25 November 1532–1 October 1585)
  1. 1. Christian (I.) SAX 1560–1591 m. Sophie BRANDENBURG 1568–1622
    1. 1. Johann (Georg I.) SAX 1585–1656 m. Magdalena (Sibylle) PREUSSEN 1586–1659
      1. 1. Magdalena (Sibylle SAX) Meißen 1617–1668 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm II. SAX Altenburg) 12 1603–1669 m. Christian Denmarck 1603–1647
        1. 1. Johanna (Magdalena SAX Altenburg Herzogin) SAX-Weissenfels 1656–1686 m. Johann (Georg Chrismann) Croessmann 1649–1697
      2. 2. August (von) Sachsen-Weißenfels 1614–1680
      3. 3. Sophie (Eleonore von) Sachsen 1609–1671
      4. 4. Christian (Albrecht von) Sachsen 1612–1612
      5. 5. Heinrich (von) Sachsen 1622–1622
      6. 6. Johann (Georg II. von) Sachsen 1613–1680
      7. 7. Christian (I. von) Sachsen-Merseburg 1615–1691
      8. 8. Moritz (von) Sachsen-Zeitz 1619–1681

August Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

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

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 July 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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