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Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse 1505–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 December 1505

Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Death Date: 15 April 1549

Death Location: Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany

Father: Georg, Sachsen-Meißen

Mother: Barbara, Jagiellon

Spouse(s): Philipp Hessen-Kassel

Children(s): Grace Tothill

In 1505, Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, born to Georg Duke Of Saxony The Bearded Wettin Sachsen Meien And Barbara Princess Of Poland Habsburg Jagiellon. Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse married Philipp I The Magnanimous Van Hessen Kassel, and had children including Grace Tothill. Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse passed away in 1549 in Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

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  • In 1505, Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, born to Georg Duke Of Saxony The Bearded Wettin Sachsen Meien And Barbara Princess Of Poland Habsburg Jagiellon.
  • Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse married Philipp I The Magnanimous Van Hessen Kassel, and had children including Grace Tothill.
  • Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse passed away in 1549 in Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Georg, Sachsen-Meißen
1471–1539
Birth Location: Meißen, Meißen, Saxony, Germany
GS
Barbara, Jagiellon
1478–1534
Birth Location: Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
BJ

Spouses(s)

Philipp Hessen-Kassel
1504–1567
Birth Location: Marburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hessen, Germany
PH

Children(s)

Grace Tothill
1527–1558
Birth Location: Ashton, Devonshire, England
GT

Christine Hesse's Ancestors

Self
Christine Hesse
1505–1549
Birth Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Parents
Georg, Duke of Saxony,the Bearded, Wettin Sachsen-Meißen
1471–1539
Meißen, Meißen, Saxony, Germany
Barbara, (Princess of Poland, Habsburg) Jagiellon
1478–1534
Kielce, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christine Hesse's Descendants

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Christine (of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen)) Hesse (25 December 1505–15 April 1549) m. Philipp (I "The Magnanimous" van) Hessen-Kassel (13 November 1504–31 March 1567)
  1. 1. Grace Tothill 1527–1558 m. John Walker 1524–1562
    1. 1. John Walker 1550–1627 m. Alice Crosman 1555–1619
      1. 1. Alice Walker 1587–1623 m. John (Nicholas) Leeson 1575–1619
        1. 1. Joane Leesonne 1614–1657 m. Francis Holmes 1600–1668

Christine Hesse's Timeline

2 Records

1505
25 December 1505
Birth of Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
1549
15 April 1549
Age 44
Death of Christine of Dresden, Princess of Sachsen (Meißen-Sachsen) Hesse in Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 December 1505
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 April 1549
    Event Place: Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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