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Elisabeth of Saxony 1552–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1552

Birth Location: Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein

Death Date: 02 Apr 1590

Death Location: Heidelberg

Father: Augustus Saxony

Mother: Anne Denmark

Spouse(s): John Simmern

Children(s): Dorothea Simmern

In 1552, Elisabeth of Saxony entered the world in Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein, born to Augustus Elector Of Saxony And Anne Of Denmark. Elisabeth of Saxony married John Casimir Count Palatine Of Simmern, and had children including Dorothea Pfalzgrafin Von Simmern. Elisabeth of Saxony passed away in 1590 in Heidelberg.

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Biography

  • In 1552, Elisabeth of Saxony entered the world in Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein, born to Augustus Elector Of Saxony And Anne Of Denmark.
  • Elisabeth of Saxony married John Casimir Count Palatine Of Simmern, and had children including Dorothea Pfalzgrafin Von Simmern.
  • Elisabeth of Saxony passed away in 1590 in Heidelberg.

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)

John Simmern
1543–1592
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Dorothea Simmern
1581–1631
Birth Location: Kaiserslauten
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Elisabeth Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Elisabeth Saxony
1552–1590
Birth Place: Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein
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

Elisabeth Saxony's Descendants

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Elisabeth (of) Saxony (18 Oct 1552–02 Apr 1590) m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Simmern (07 Mar 1543–16 Jan 1592)
  1. 1. Dorothea (Pfalzgräfin von) Simmern 1581–1631 m. Fürst (von Anhalt-Dessau Johann Georg) I 1567–1618
    1. 1. Johann (Casimir Prince of) Anhalt-Dessau 1596–1660 m. Agnes (of) Hesse-Kassel 1606–1650
      1. 1. Prince (of Anhalt-Dessau Johann Georg) II 1627–1693 m. Henriette (Catherine of) Nassau 1637–1708
        1. 1. Henriëtte (Amalia von) Anhalt-Dessau 1666–1726 m. Prince (of Nassau-Dietz Henry Casimir) II 1657–1696
        2. 2. Johanna (Charlotte of) Anhalt-Dessau 1682–1750 m. Philip (William Margrave of) Brandenburg-Schwedt 1669–1711
        3. 3. Elisabeth (Albertine of) Anhalt-Dessau 1665–1706 m. Heinrich (of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1657–1728
        4. 4. Prince (of Anhalt-Dessau Leopold) I 1676–1747 m. Anna (Louise) Föhse 1677–1745
      2. 2. Luise (Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1631–1680 m. Christian (von) Schlesien 1618–1672
        1. 1. Charlotte (Prinzessin von) Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau 1652–1707 m. Friedrich (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg 1651–1724
    2. 2. Eleonore (Dorothea of) Anhalt-Dessau 1602–1664 m. Wilhelm (Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1598–1662
      1. 1. Dorothea (Maria of) Saxe-Weimar 1641–1675 m. Maurice (Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1619–1681
        1. 1. Moritz (Wilhelm Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1664–1718 m. Marie (Amalie of) Brandenburg 1670–1739
        2. 2. Frederick (Henry of) Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt 1668–1713 m. Sophie (Angelika Princess of) Württemberg-Oels 1677–1700
      2. 2. Duke (of Saxe-Eisenach Johann Georg) I 1634–1686 m. Johannetta (von) Sayn-Wittgenstein 1632–1701
        1. 1. Eleonore (Erdmuthe Louise of) Saxe-Eisenach 1662–1696 m. Johann (Friedrich Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1654–1686
        2. 2. Duke (of Saxe-Eisenach Johann Wilhelm) III 1666–1729 m. Amalie (of) Nassau-Dietz 1655–1695 m. Christine (Juliane of) Baden-Durlach 1678–1707
      3. 3. Duke (of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst) II 1627–1683 m. Christine (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1638–1679
        1. 1. Duke (of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst) III 1664–1707 m. Sophie (Auguste of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1663–1694
        2. 2. Wilhelmine (Christiane of) Saxe-Weimar 1658–1712 m. Prince (of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Christian Wilhelm) I 1647–1721
        3. 3. Eleonore (Sophie of) Saxe-Weimar 1660–1687 m. Philipp (Duke of) Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt 1657–1690
    3. 3. Johanna (Dorothea Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1612–1695 m. Moritz (Graf von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1615–1674
      1. 1. Konradine (Luise Gräfin von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1647–1705 m. Friedrich (III zu) Wied 1618–1698
      2. 2. Ludowika (Margareta Gräfin von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1648–1722 m. Wilhelm (zur) Lippe-Brake 1634–1690
      3. 3. Friedrich (Moritz zu) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1653–1710 m. Christine (Marie zur) Lippe-Brake 1673–1732
        1. 1. Moritz (Casimir I zu) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1701–1768 m. Albertine (Henriette zu) Isenburg-Büdingen 1703–1749

Elisabeth Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1552
18 Oct 1552
Birth of Elisabeth of Saxony in Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein
Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein
1590
02 Apr 1590
Age 38
Death of Elisabeth of Saxony in Heidelberg
Heidelberg

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1552
    Event Place: Wolkenstein Castle in Wolkenstein

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Apr 1590
    Event Place: Heidelberg
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