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Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen 1560–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1560

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

Death Date: 25 September 1591

Death Location: Dresden, Saksen

Father: August Sachsen

Mother: Anna Denemarken

Spouse(s): Sophie Hohenzollern, Erdmuthe Brandenburg

Children(s): John Meissen

Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen was born in 1560 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of August I Von Sachsen And Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken. Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen married Erdmuthe Hohenzollern Von Brandenburg, Sophie Sofia Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern, and had children including John George I Wettin Sachsen Meissen. Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen passed away in 1591 in Dresden, Saksen.

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Biography

  • Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen was born in 1560 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of August I Von Sachsen And Anna Van Oldenburg Prinses Van Denemarken.
  • Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen married Erdmuthe Hohenzollern Von Brandenburg, Sophie Sofia Von Brandenburg Hohenzollern, and had children including John George I Wettin Sachsen Meissen.
  • Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen passed away in 1591 in Dresden, Saksen.

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Christian Meissen's Ancestors

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Christian Meissen
1560–1591
Birth Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Parents
August I. von Sachsen
1526–1586
Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Anna (van Oldenburg Prinses van) Denemarken
1532–1585
Haderslev, Haderslev Kommune, Syddanmark, Denmark
Grandparents
Hendrik (V Wettin Hertog van) Saksen
1473–1541
Dresden, Saksen
Catharina (van) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1487–1561
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christian Meissen's Descendants

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Christian (I Wettin von Sachsen) Meissen (29 Oct 1560–25 September 1591) m. Sophie (Sofia von Brandenburg) Hohenzollern (06 Jun 1568–7 December 1622) m. Erdmuthe (Hohenzollern von) Brandenburg (26 juni 1561–13 november 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
        1. 1. Eleonore (Magdalena Theresia von der Pfalz) Neuburg 1655–1720 m. Leopold (I Habsburg of Austria Holy Roman) Emperor 1640–1705
    2. 2. Sophie (Eleonore Von) Sachsen 1594–1671

Christian Meissen's Timeline

2 Records

1560
29 Oct 1560
Birth of Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
1591
25 September 1591
Age 31
Death of Christian I Wettin von Sachsen Meissen in Dresden, Saksen
Dresden, Saksen

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Oct 1560
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 September 1591
    Event Place: Dresden, Saksen

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