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Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR 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: King Denmark

Mother: Queen Lauenburg

Spouse(s): Anna Saxony

Children(s): Christian K

In 1526, Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony entered the world in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, born to King Christian Christiaan Iii Of Denmark And Norway Brought Lutherism To Germany Von Oldenburg Sachsen Denmark And Queen Dorothea Of Denmark Saxony Lauenburg. Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony married Anna Denmark Oldenburg Or Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken Aka Anna Anne Von Danemark Agnes Hedwig Von Von Anhalt Anna Electress Of Saxony, and had children including Christian I Von Sachsen Geb Wettin Albertiner K. Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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  • In 1526, Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony entered the world in Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, born to King Christian Christiaan Iii Of Denmark And Norway Brought Lutherism To Germany Von Oldenburg Sachsen Denmark And Queen Dorothea Of Denmark Saxony Lauenburg.
  • Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony married Anna Denmark Oldenburg Or Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken Aka Anna Anne Von Danemark Agnes Hedwig Von Von Anhalt Anna Electress Of Saxony, and had children including Christian I Von Sachsen Geb Wettin Albertiner K.
  • Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1586 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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Augustus Saxony's Ancestors

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Augustus Saxony
1526–1586
Birth Place: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Parents
King Christian Christiaan III of Denmark and Norway, " Brought Lutherism to Germany", Von Oldenburg Sachsen Denmark
1503–1559
Gottorp, Sleeswijk-Holstein
Queen (Dorothea Of Denmark Saxony) Lauenburg
1511–1571
Lauenburg Castle, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg
Grandparents
Frederik (I von Oldenburg König of Denmark and Norway, Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein
1471–1533
Haderslevhus (Hansborg)- Haderslev, 6100, Haderslev = Haders, Haderslev, Danemark
Anna (van Brandenburg Duchess of Schlieswig-Holstein, Queen of Denmark &) Norway
1487–1514
Berlin, -, Berlin, Brandenburg, Allemagne
Magnus (I Saxony Lauenburg) Ratzburg
1470–1543
Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Katharina (BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL) von
1488–1563
Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Johan Saksen-Lauenburg
1439–1507
Dorothea Brandenburg
1446–1519
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Augustus Saxony's Descendants

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Augustus (August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR August I of Wettin, Elector of) Saxony (31 July 1526–21 February 1586) m. Anna (Denmark Oldenburg OR Anna van Oldenburg Prinses van Denemarken AKA Anna Anne von Dänemark Agnes Hedwig von von ANHALT, Anna Electress of) Saxony (25 November 1532–1 October 1585)
  1. 1. Christian (I Von Sachsen (Geb. Wettin, Albertiner),) K 1560–1591 m. Sophie (Sofia von Brandenburg) Hohenzollern 1568–1622
    1. 1. John (George I Wettin Sachsen) Meissen 1585–1656 m. Magdalena (Sibylla Hohenzollern Preussen) Prussia 1586–1659
      1. 1. Princess (& Duchess Sophie Sophia I Albertina Eléonore Eleonora van Hesse von Sachsen Von Saxony) Meissen 1609–1671 m. George (II of Great Britain Georg II "der Gelehrte \ the Learned" Van Hessen-Darmstadt or Landgraf Georges Georg II Von Hessen-Darmstadt von) Hessen 1605–1661
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Amalia Magdalena van) Hessen-Darmstadt 1635–1709 m. Philip (William of Neuberg Wittlesburg Elector of the Palatinate) Apolonia 1615–1690
        2. 2. Dorothy (Landgrave) 1610 1610–1680
        3. 3. Henrich Hess 1635–1695

Augustus Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1526
31 July 1526
Birth of Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR 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 Augustus August I Elector Wettin van Saken Meißen AKA August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen von Sachsen OR 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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