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Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen 1563–1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 October 1563

Birth Location: Dresden, Saksen

Death Date: 13 February 1587

Death Location: Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen

Father: August Saksen

Mother: Anna til

Spouse(s): Heinrich Calenberg

Children(s): Dorothea Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen was born in 1563 in Dresden, Saksen, the child of August Wettin Keurvorst Van Saksen And Anna Danemark De Danmark Til. Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen married Heinrich Julius Herzog Von Braunschweig Luneburg Zu Calenberg, and had children including Dorothea Hedwig Furstin Prinzessin Von Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel. Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen passed away in 1587 in Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen.

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Biography

  • Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen was born in 1563 in Dresden, Saksen, the child of August Wettin Keurvorst Van Saksen And Anna Danemark De Danmark Til.
  • Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen married Heinrich Julius Herzog Von Braunschweig Luneburg Zu Calenberg, and had children including Dorothea Hedwig Furstin Prinzessin Von Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel.
  • Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen passed away in 1587 in Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen.

Immediate Family

Parents

August Saksen
1526–1586
Birth Location: Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
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Anna til
1532–1585
Birth Location: Hadersleben
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Spouses(s)

Heinrich Calenberg
1564–1613
Birth Location: Schloss Hessen, Hessen am Fallstein, Deutschland(HRR), Sachsen Anhalt, Allemagne
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Children(s)

Dorothea Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
1587–1609
Birth Location: Wolfenbüttel, Braunschweig, Deutschland(HRR), Niedersachsen, Allemagne
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Dorothea Saksen-Meissen's Ancestors

Self
Dorothea Saksen-Meissen
1563–1587
Birth Place: Dresden, Saksen
Parents
August Wettin Keurvorst van Saksen
1526–1586
Freiburg-Im-Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg
Anna (DANEMARK de DANMARK) til
1532–1585
Hadersleben
Grandparents
Heinrich (IV Der Fromme Von) Sachsen
1473–1541
Dresden, Deutschland(HRR), Sachsen, Allemagne
Catharina (Von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1487–1561
Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Deutschland(HRR), Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Allemagne
Christian (III of) Denmark-Norway
1503–1559
Schleswig, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Queen (Dorothea Of Denmark Saxony) Lauenburg
1511–1571
Schloss Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Frederik NORWAY
1471–1533
Anna von
1487–1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothea Saksen-Meissen's Descendants

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Dorothea (van) Saksen-Meissen (1 October 1563–13 February 1587) m. Heinrich (Julius Herzog Von Braunschweig-Lüneburg Zu) Calenberg (15 October 1564–30 July 1613)
  1. 1. Dorothea (Hedwig Fürstin Prinzessin Von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1587–1609

Dorothea Saksen-Meissen's Timeline

2 Records

1563
1 October 1563
Birth of Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen in Dresden, Saksen
Dresden, Saksen
1587
13 February 1587
Age 24
Death of Dorothea van Saksen-Meissen in Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen
Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 October 1563
    Event Place: Dresden, Saksen
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 February 1587
    Event Place: Wolfenbüttel, Nedersaksen
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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