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Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony 1507–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Mar 1507

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

Death Date: 25 January 1554

Death Location: Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany.

Father: Sigismund Poland

Mother: Barbara Zapolya

Spouse(s): Joachim Brandenburg

Children(s): Johan Brandenburg

Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony was born in 1507 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of Sigismund I The Old Jagiello King Of Poland And Barbara Zapolya. Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony married Joachim Ii Hector Von Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg, and had children including Johan Georg Von Brandenburg. Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony passed away in 1554 in Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany..

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  • Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony was born in 1507 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of Sigismund I The Old Jagiello King Of Poland And Barbara Zapolya.
  • Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony married Joachim Ii Hector Von Hohenzollern Elector Of Brandenburg, and had children including Johan Georg Von Brandenburg.
  • Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony passed away in 1554 in Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany..

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Duchess Saxony's Ancestors

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Duchess Saxony
1507–1554
Birth Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Parents
Sigismund I ‘the Old’ Jagiello, King of Poland
1467–1548
Powiat kozienicki, Mazowieckie, Poland
Barbara Zapolya
1495–1515
Szepesvar, Szepes, Megye, Hungary
Grandparents
Casimir IV
1427–1492
Kraków, Małopolskie, Poland
Elisabeth (Habsburg von) Österreich-Litauen
1437–1505
Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna (Wien), Austria
Steven (Zapolya Hertog van Zevenburgen Graaf van Szepes Heer van) Trenczin
1460–1499
Trencsén Castle, Trenčín, Slovakia
Hedwig (van) Teschen
1469–1521
Teschen, Burg Cieszyn, Cieszyn, Landkreis Cieszyn, Woiwodschaft Schlesien, Polen.
Great-Grandparents
Galezzo Milaan
1444–1476
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Bianca Visconti
1425–1468

Duchess Saxony's Descendants

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Duchess (Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of) Saxony (7 Mar 1507–25 January 1554) m. Joachim (II Hector Von Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg (9 January 1505–3 January 1571)
  1. 1. Johan (Georg Von) Brandenburg 1515–1597 m. Lucia Dreher-Fantor 1515–1575
    1. 1. Alice Fantor 1538–1609 m. RICHARD Tassell 1537–1609
      1. 1. Thomasine Tassell 1571–1625 m. Robert Thatcher 1567–1614
        1. 1. Joane Thetcher 1597–1670 m. John Ward 1593–1660

Duchess Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1507
7 Mar 1507
Birth of Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
1554
25 January 1554
Age 47
Death of Duchess Magdalena von Sachsen-Meissen of Saxony in Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany.
Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany.

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Mar 1507
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 January 1554
    Event Place: Berlin, Zwing Cölln, Stadtschloss Cölln, Bundeshauptstadt, Regierungssitz, Germany.

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