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Christian I of Saxony 1560–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1560

Birth Location: Dresde

Death Date: 25 Sep 1591

Death Location: Dresde

Father: Augustus Saxony

Mother: Anne Denmark

Spouse(s): Sophia Brandenburg

Children(s): Elector I

In 1560, Christian I of Saxony entered the world in Dresde, born to Augustus Elector Of Saxony And Anne Of Denmark. Christian I of Saxony married Sophia Von Brandenburg, and had children including Elector Of Saxony Johann Georg I. Christian I of Saxony passed away in 1591 in Dresde.

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Biography

  • In 1560, Christian I of Saxony entered the world in Dresde, born to Augustus Elector Of Saxony And Anne Of Denmark.
  • Christian I of Saxony married Sophia Von Brandenburg, and had children including Elector Of Saxony Johann Georg I.
  • Christian I of Saxony passed away in 1591 in Dresde.

Immediate Family

Parents

Augustus Saxony
1526–1586
Birth Location: –
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Anne Denmark
1532–1585
Birth Location: Haderslev
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Spouses(s)

Sophia Brandenburg
1568–1622
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Elector I
1585–1656
Birth Location: Dresde
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Christian Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Christian Saxony
1560–1591
Birth Place: Dresde
Parents
Augustus Elector of Saxony
1526–1586
Anne (of) Denmark
1532–1585
Haderslev
Grandparents
Henry (IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of) Saxony
1473–1541
Dresden
Catherine (of) Mecklenburg
1487–1561
Christian (III of) Denmark
1503–1559
Gottorf
Dorothea (of) Saxe-Lauenburg
1511–1571
Château de Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein
Great-Grandparents
Duke III
1443–1500
Sidonie Podebrady
1449–1510
Magnus Mecklenburg
1441–1503
Sophie Pomerania-Stettin
1460–1504
Frederick Denmark
1471–1533
Anna Brandenburg
1487–1514
Duke I
1470–1543
Catherine Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
1488–1563
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elector II
1412–1464
Margaret Austria
1416–1486
George Poděbrady
1420–1471
Kunigunde Sternberg
1425–1449
Henry Mecklenburg
1417–1477
Dorothea Brandenburg
1420–1491
Duke II
–1474
Sophia Pomerania-Stolp
1435–1497
Christian Denmark
1426–1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495
Johann Brandenburg
1455–1499
Margaret Thuringia
1449–1501
Duke V
1439–1507
Dorothea Brandenburg
1446–1519
Heinrich Brunswick-Lüneburg
1463–1514
Catherine Pomerania
1465–1526

Christian Saxony's Descendants

1.
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Christian (I of) Saxony (29 Oct 1560–25 Sep 1591) m. Sophia (von) Brandenburg (1568–1622)
  1. 1. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) I 1585–1656 m. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Prussia 1586–1659
    1. 1. Marie (Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684 m. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick) III 1597–1659
      1. 1. Hedwig (Eleonora of) Holstein-Gottorp 1636–1715 m. Carl (X Gustav of) Sweden 1622–1660
        1. 1. Charles (XI of) Sweden 1655–1697 m. Ulrika (Eleonora of) Denmark 1656–1693
      2. 2. Sophie (Augusta of) Holstein-Gottorp 1630–1680 m. Prince (of Anhalt-Zerbst John) VI 1621–1667
        1. 1. Karl (Wilhelm Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1652–1718 m. Sophia (of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1654–1724
        2. 2. Prince (of Anhalt-Zerbst John Louis) I 1656–1704 m. Christine (Eleonore of) Zeutsch 1666–1699
        3. 3. Sophie (Auguste of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1663–1694 m. Duke (of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst) III 1664–1707
      3. 3. Augusta (Maria of) Holstein-Gottorp 1649–1728 m. Margrave (of Baden-Durlach Frederick) VII 1647–1709
        1. 1. Karl (III Wilhelm Margrave of) Baden-Durlach 1679–1738 m. Magdalena (Wilhelmine of) Württemberg 1677–1742
        2. 2. Albertina (Federica of) Baden-Durlach 1682–1755 m. Christian (August of) Holstein-Gottorp 1673–1726
        3. 3. Katharina (von) Baden-Durlach 1677–1746 m. Johann (Friedrich von) Leiningen 1661–1722
      4. 4. Maria (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1634–1665 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Ludwig) VI 1630–1678
        1. 1. Magdalena (Sibylla of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1652–1712 m. Wilhelm (Ludwig Duke of) Württemberg 1647–1677
      5. 5. Christian (Albrecht Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1641–1695 m. Frederica (Amalia of) Denmark 1649–1704
        1. 1. Christian (August of) Holstein-Gottorp 1673–1726 m. Albertina (Federica of) Baden-Durlach 1682–1755
        2. 2. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Friedrich) IV 1671–1702 m. Hedvig (Sophia of) Sweden 1681–1708
      6. 6. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Holstein-Gottorp 1631–1719 m. Gustav (Adolph Duke of) Mecklenburg 1633–1695
        1. 1. Maria (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1659–1701 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederick) II 1658–1708
        2. 2. Louise (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1667–1721 m. Frederick (IV of) Denmark 1671–1730
        3. 3. Christina (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1663–1749 m. Ludwig (Christian zu) Stolberg-Gedern 1652–1710
        4. 4. Sophia (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1662–1738 m. Duke (of Württemberg-Oels Christian Ulrich) I 1652–1704
        5. 5. Charles (Hereditary Prince of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1664–1688 m. Marie (Amalie of) Brandenburg 1670–1739
        6. 6. Elisabeth (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1668–1738 m. Heinrich (of) Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg 1661–1738
        7. 7. Hedwig (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1666–1735 m. August (of) Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig 1655–1715
    2. 2. Sophia (Eleonore of) Saxony 1609–1671 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) II 1605–1661
      1. 1. Elisabeth (Amalie Magdalene von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1635–1709 m. Philipp (Wilhelm von) Neuburg 1615–1690
        1. 1. Maria (Sophia Elisabeth von) Pfalz-Neuburg 1666–1699 m. Pedro (II el Pacífico rey de) Portugal 1648–1706
        2. 2. Eléonore (Magdalene von) Pfalz-Neuburg 1655–1720 m. Holy (Roman Emperor Leopold) I 1640–1705
        3. 3. Dorothea (Sophia of) Neuburg 1670–1748 m. Eduardo (II) Farnese 1666–1693
        4. 4. Hedwig (Elisabeth of) Neuburg 1673–1722 m. Jacques (Louis Ksiaze) Sobieski 1667–1737
        5. 5. Elector (Palatinate Johann Wilhelm) II 1658–1716
        6. 6. Karl (III Philipp Elector) Palatinate 1661–1742 m. Ludwika (Karolina) Radziwill 1667–1695
        7. 7. Maria (Ana del) Palatinado-Neoburgo 1667–1740 m. Carlos (de España) II 1661–1700
      2. 2. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Ludwig) VI 1630–1678 m. Maria (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1634–1665 m. Elisabeth (Dorothea of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1640–1709
        1. 1. Ernst (Ludwig Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1667–1739 m. Dorothea (Charlotte of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1661–1705
        2. 2. Philipp (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1671–1736 m. Marie (Thérèse Josèphe de) Croÿ 1673–1714
      3. 3. Sophia (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1634–1663 m. William (Christoph Landgrave of) Hesse-Homburg 1625–1681
        1. 1. Christine (Wilhelmine of) Hesse-Homburg 1653–1772 m. Frederick (Duke of) Mecklenburg-Grabow 1638–1688
        2. 2. Magdalena (Sophie of) Hesse-Homburg 1660–1720 m. William (Maurice Count of) Solms-Braunfels 1651–1720
      4. 4. Marie (Hedwig of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1647–1680 m. Duke (of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard) I 1649–1706
        1. 1. Duke (of Saxe-Meiningen Ernst Ludwig) I 1672–1724 m. Dorothea (Marie of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1674–1713
      5. 5. Luise (Christiane von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1636–1697 m. Christoph (Ludwig zu) Stolberg-Stolberg 1634–1704
        1. 1. Christoph (Friedrich zu) Stolberg-Stolberg 1672–1738 m. Henriette (Katharina von Bibran und) Modlau 1680–1748
        2. 2. Jost (Christian zu) Stolberg-Stolberg 1676–1739 m. Aemilie (Auguste zu) Stolberg-Gedern 1687–1730
    3. 3. Maurice (Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1619–1681 m. Dorothea (Maria of) Saxe-Weimar 1641–1675
      1. 1. Moritz (Wilhelm Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1664–1718 m. Marie (Amalie of) Brandenburg 1670–1739
        1. 1. Dorothea (Wilhelmina of) Saxe-Zeitz 1691–1743 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Kassel William) VIII 1682–1760
      2. 2. Frederick (Henry of) Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt 1668–1713 m. Sophie (Angelika Princess of) Württemberg-Oels 1677–1700
    4. 4. Augustus (Duke of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1614–1680 m. Anna (Maria of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1627–1669 m. Johanna (Walpurgis of) Leiningen-Westerburg 1647–1687
      1. 1. Sophia (of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1654–1724 m. Karl (Wilhelm Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1652–1718
        1. 1. Magdalena (Augusta of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1679–1740 m. Duke (of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick) II 1676–1732
        2. 2. John (Augustus Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1677–1742 m. Hedwig (Fredericka von) Württemberg-Weitlingen 1691–1752
      2. 2. Magdalena (Sibylle of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1648–1681 m. Duke (of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick) I 1646–1691
        1. 1. Anne (Sophie of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1670–1728 m. Prince (of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Frederick) I 1667–1718
        2. 2. Duke (of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick) II 1676–1732 m. Magdalena (Augusta of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1679–1740
        3. 3. Johanna (of) Saxe-Gotha 1680–1704 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederick) II 1658–1708
        4. 4. Dorothea (Marie of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1674–1713 m. Duke (of Saxe-Meiningen Ernst Ludwig) I 1672–1724
      3. 3. Duke (of Saxe-Weissenfels Johann Adolf) I 1649–1697 m. Johanna (Magdalena of) Saxe-Altenburg 1656–1686
        1. 1. Anne (Marie von) Wettin 1683–1731 m. Erdmann (von Promnitz) II 1683–1745
      4. 4. Heinrich (of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1657–1728 m. Elisabeth (Albertine of) Anhalt-Dessau 1665–1706
        1. 1. Georg (Albrecht of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1695–1739 m. Auguste (Louise of) Württemberg-Oels 1698–1739
    5. 5. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) II 1613–1680 m. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1612–1687
      1. 1. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) III 1647–1691 m. Anna (Sophie of) Denmark 1647–1717
        1. 1. Augustus (II the Strong King of) Poland 1670–1733 m. Christiane (Eberhardine of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671–1727 m. Maria (Aurora von) Königsmarck 1662–1728
    6. 6. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Saxony 1617–1668 m. Duke (of Saxe-Altenburg Friedrich Wilhelm) II 1603–1669
      1. 1. Johanna (Magdalena of) Saxe-Altenburg 1656–1686 m. Duke (of Saxe-Weissenfels Johann Adolf) I 1649–1697
    7. 7. Christian (von Sachsen-Merseburg) I 1615–1691 m. Christiana (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1634–1701
      1. 1. Sophie (Hedwig of) Saxe-Merseburg 1660–1686 m. Duke (of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld John Ernest) IV 1658–1729
      2. 2. Christiane (von) Sachsen-Merseburg 1659–1679 m. Christian (von) Sachsen-Gotha 1653–1707
        1. 1. Christiane (von) Sachsen-Gotha 1679–1722 m. Philipp (Ernst von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1673–1729
      3. 3. Sibylle (Maria of) Saxe-Merseburg 1667–1693 m. Duke (of Württemberg-Oels Christian Ulrich) I 1652–1704
        1. 1. Duke (of Württemberg-Oels Charles Frederick) II 1690–1761 m. Sibylle (Charlotte von) Württemberg-Weitlingen 1690–1735
      4. 4. Philipp (Duke of) Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt 1657–1690 m. Louise (Elisabeth Princess of) Württemberg-Oels 1673–1736 m. Eleonore (Sophie of) Saxe-Weimar 1660–1687
      5. 5. August (of) Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig 1655–1715 m. Hedwig (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1666–1735
      6. 6. Heinrich (of) Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg 1661–1738 m. Elisabeth (of) Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1668–1738

Christian Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1560
29 Oct 1560
Birth of Christian I of Saxony in Dresde
Dresde
1591
25 Sep 1591
Age 31
Death of Christian I of Saxony in Dresde
Dresde

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Oct 1560
    Event Place: Dresde

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Sep 1591
    Event Place: Dresde
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