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Christine of Saxony 1505–1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 DEC 1505

Birth Location: Dresden

Death Date: 15 APR 1549

Death Location: Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Father: George, Saxony

Mother: Barbara Jagiellon

Spouse(s): Philip Hesse

Children(s): George Hesse-Darmstadt, Christine Hesse, Elisabeth Palatine, Barbara Hesse, Agnes Saxony, Anna Hesse

Christine of Saxony / was born in 1505 in Dresden, the child of George Duke Of Saxony And Barbara Jagiellon. Christine of Saxony married Philip I Landgrave Of Hesse, and had children including Agnes Of Hesse Duchess Of Saxony, Anna Of Hesse, Barbara Of Hesse, Christine Of Hesse, Elisabeth Of Hesse Electress Palatine, George I Landgrave Of Hesse Darmstadt. Christine of Saxony / passed away in 1549 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.

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Biography

  • Christine of Saxony // was born in 1505 in Dresden, the child of George Duke Of Saxony And Barbara Jagiellon.
  • Christine of Saxony // married Philip I Landgrave Of Hesse, and had children including Agnes Of Hesse Duchess Of Saxony, Anna Of Hesse, Barbara Of Hesse, Christine Of Hesse, Elisabeth Of Hesse Electress Palatine, George I Landgrave Of Hesse Darmstadt.
  • Christine of Saxony // passed away in 1549 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

George, Saxony
1471–1539
Birth Location: Meissen, Saxony, Germany
GS
Barbara Jagiellon
1478–1534
Birth Location: Sandomierz, Poland
BJ

Spouses(s)

Philip Hesse
1504–1567
Birth Location: Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany
PH

Children(s)

George Hesse-Darmstadt
1547–1596
Birth Location: –
GH
Christine Hesse
1543–1604
Birth Location: –
CH
Elisabeth Palatine
1539–1582
Birth Location: Kassel, Hesse, Germany
EP
Barbara Hesse
1536–1597
Birth Location: Kassel, Hesse, Germany
BH
Agnes Saxony
1527–1555
Birth Location: –
AS
Anna Hesse
1529–1591
Birth Location: –
AH

Christine Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Christine Saxony
1505–1549
Birth Place: Dresden
Parents
George, Duke of Saxony
1471–1539
Meissen, Saxony, Germany
Barbara Jagiellon
1478–1534
Sandomierz, Poland
Grandparents
Albert (III, Duke of) Saxony
1443–1500
Grimma, Muldentalkreis, Saxony, Germany
Sidonie (of) Poděbrady
1449–1510
Casimir (IV Jagiellon, King of) Poland
1427–1492
Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland
Elizabeth (of) Austria
1436–1505
Vienna, Austria
Great-Grandparents
Frederick Saxony
1412–1464
Margaret Saxony
1416–1486
George Bohemia
1420–1471
Kunigunde Sternberg
1425–1449
Władysław Lithuania
–1434
Sophia Poland
1405–1461
Albert Bohemia
1397–1439
Elizabeth Bohemia
1409–1442
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frederick Saxony
1370–1428
Catherine Brunswick-Lüneburg
1395–1441
Ernest, Austria
1377–1424
Cymburgis Masovia
1394–1429
Algirdas, Lithuania
1296–1377
Uliana Lithuania
1325–1391
Albert Austria
1377–1404
Joanna Bavaria
1373–1410
Sigismund, Emperor
1368–1437
Barbara Empress
1392–1451

Christine Saxony's Descendants

1.
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Christine (of) Saxony (25 DEC 1505–15 APR 1549) m. Philip (I, Landgrave of) Hesse (13 NOV 1504–31 MAR 1567)
  1. 1. George (I Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1547–1596
    1. 1. Louis (V Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1577–1626 m. Magdalene (of) Brandenburg 1582–1616
      1. 1. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659 m. George, (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641
        1. 1. Ernest, (Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg) Augustus 1629–1698 m. Sophia (of) Hanover 1630–1714
        2. 2. Sophie (Amalie of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1628–1685 m. Frederick (III, King of Denmark and) Norway 1609–1670
        3. 3. George (William, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1624–1705 m. Éléonore (Desmier) d'Olbreuse 1639–1722
        4. 4. John (Frederick, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1625–1679
      2. 2. George (II, Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1605–1661 m. Sophia (Eleonore of) Saxony 1609–1671
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Amalie of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1635–1709 m. Philip (William, Elector) Palatine 1615–1690
        2. 2. Louis (VI, Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1630–1678 m. Elisabeth (Dorothea of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1640–1709
  2. 2. Christine (of) Hesse 1543–1604 m. Adolf, (Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1526–1586
    1. 1. Anna (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1610 m. Enno (III, Count of East) Frisia 1563–1625
      1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Ostfriesland 1601–1634 m. Adolf (Frederick I, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1588–1658
        1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1627–1669 m. Augustus, (Duke of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1614–1680
    2. 2. Christina (of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of) Sweden 1573–1625
    3. 3. John (Adolf, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1616 m. Augusta (of Denmark, Duchess of) Holstein-Gottorp 1580–1639
      1. 1. Frederick (III, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1597–1659 m. Duchess (Marie Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684
        1. 1. Sophie (Augusta of) Holstein-Gottorp 1630–1680
        2. 2. Christian (Albert, Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1641–1695 m. Princess (Frederica Amalia of) Denmark 1649–1704
        3. 3. Augusta (Marie of) Holstein-Gottorp 1649–1728
  3. 3. Elisabeth (of Hesse, Electress) Palatine 1539–1582 m. Louis (VI, Elector) Palatine 1539–1583
    1. 1. Maria (of the) Palatinate-Simmern 1561–1589 m. Charles (IX, King of) Sweden 1550–1611
      1. 1. Catherine (of Sweden, Countess Palatine of) Kleeburg 1584–1638 m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Kleeburg 1589–1652
        1. 1. Christina (Magdalena of the) Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1616–1662 m. Frederick (VI, Margrave of) Baden-Durlach 1617–1677
        2. 2. Charles (X Gustav, King of) Sweden 1622–1660 m. Hedvig (Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of) Sweden 1636–1715
    2. 2. Frederick (IV, Elector) Palatine 1574–1610 m. Countess (Louise Juliana of) Nassau 1576–1644
      1. 1. Frederick (V, Elector) Palatine 1596–1632 m. Elizabeth, (Queen of Bohemia) Stuart 1596–1662
        1. 1. Henry (Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the) Palatinate 1614–1629
        2. 2. Charles (I Louis, Elector) Palatine 1617–1680 m. Charlotte, (Landgravine of) Hesse-Kassel 1627–1686
        3. 3. Elisabeth (of the) Palatinate 1618–1680
        4. 4. Prince (Rupert of the) Rhine 1619–1682
        5. 5. Maurice (of the) Palatinate 1620–1652
        6. 6. Sophia (of) Hanover 1630–1714 m. Ernest, (Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg) Augustus 1629–1698
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Charlotte of the) Palatinate 1597–1660 m. George (William, Elector of) Brandenburg 1595–1640
        1. 1. Frederick (William, Elector of) Brandenburg 1620–1688 m. Countess (Louise Henriette of) Nassau 1627–1667
        2. 2. Margravine (Hedwig Sophie of) Brandenburg 1623–1683 m. William (VI, Landgrave of) Hesse-Kassel 1629–1663
  4. 4. Barbara (of) Hesse 1536–1597
    1. 1. Frederick (I, Duke of) Württemberg 1557–1608
      1. 1. John (Frederick, Duke of) Württemberg 1582–1628 m. Barbara (Sophie of) Brandenburg 1584–1636
        1. 1. Eberhard (III, Duke of) Württemberg 1614–1674
  5. 5. Agnes (of Hesse, Duchess of) Saxony 1527–1555 m. Maurice, (Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553
    1. 1. Anna (of Saxony, Princess consort of) Orange 1544–1577 m. William (I Prince of) Orange 1533–1584
      1. 1. Countess (Emilia of) Nassau 1569–1629 m. Manuel (Hereditary Prince of) Portugal 1568–1638
  6. 6. Anna (of) Hesse 1529–1591 m. Wolfgang, (Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken 1526–1569
    1. 1. John (I Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken 1550–1604 m. Magdalene (of) Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1553–1633
      1. 1. Frederick (Casimir Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Landsberg 1585–1645 m. Countess (Emilia Antwerpiana of) Nassau 1581–1657
      2. 2. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Kleeburg 1589–1652 m. Catherine (of Sweden, Countess Palatine of) Kleeburg 1584–1638
    2. 2. Charles (I Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1560–1600 m. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1570–1649
      1. 1. Christian (I Count Palatine of) Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1598–1654 m. Magdalena (Catherine Countess Palatine of) Zweibrücken 1607–1648
        1. 1. Christian (II Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1637–1717
    3. 3. Philipp (Ludwig Count Palatine of) Neuburg 1547–1614 m. Anna (of Cleves Countess Palatine of) Neuburg 1552–1632
      1. 1. Countess (Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg Duchess consort of) Saxe-Weimar 1575–1643 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm I Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1562–1602

Christine Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1505
25 DEC 1505
Birth of Christine of Saxony // in Dresden
Dresden
1549
15 APR 1549
Age 44
Death of Christine of Saxony // in Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 DEC 1505
    Event Place: Dresden

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 APR 1549
    Event Place: Kassel, Hesse, Germany
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