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Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony 1370–1428 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 April 1370

Birth Location: Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

Death Date: 4 January 1428

Death Location: Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire

Father: Frederick Thuringia

Mother: Catherine Henneberg

Spouse(s): Catherine Brunswick-Lüneburg

Children(s): Catherine Brandenburg, William Thuringia, Frederick Saxony, Anna Hesse

In 1370, Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony / entered the world in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, born to Frederick Iii Landgrave Of Thuringia And Catherine Of Henneberg. Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony married Catherine Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Anna Of Saxony Landgravine Of Hesse, Catherine Of Saxony Electress Of Brandenburg, Frederick Ii Elector Of Saxony, William Iii Landgrave Of Thuringia. Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony / passed away in 1428 in Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire.

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Biography

  • In 1370, Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony // entered the world in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, born to Frederick Iii Landgrave Of Thuringia And Catherine Of Henneberg.
  • Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony // married Catherine Of Brunswick Luneburg, and had children including Anna Of Saxony Landgravine Of Hesse, Catherine Of Saxony Electress Of Brandenburg, Frederick Ii Elector Of Saxony, William Iii Landgrave Of Thuringia.
  • Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony // passed away in 1428 in Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Frederick Thuringia
1332–1381
Birth Location: Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
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Catherine Henneberg
1334–1397
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Brunswick-Lüneburg
1395–1441
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Catherine Brandenburg
1421–1476
Birth Location: –
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William Thuringia
1425–1482
Birth Location: Meissen, Germany
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Frederick Saxony
1412–1464
Birth Location: Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
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Anna Hesse
1420–1462
Birth Location: –
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Frederick Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Frederick Saxony
1370–1428
Birth Place: Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Parents
Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
1332–1381
Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Catherine (of) Henneberg
1334–1397
Grandparents
Frederick (II, Margrave of) Meissen
1310–1349
Matilda (of Bavaria, Margravine of) Meissen
1313–1346
Bavaria, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Frederick Meissen
1257–1323
Louis Emperor
1282–1347
Beatrice Germany
1290–1322
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Albert Meissen
1240–1314
Margaret Sicily
1241–1270
Louis Bavaria
1229–1294
Matilda Bavaria
1253–1304
Bolko Strict
–1301
Beatrice Brandenburg
1270–1316

Frederick Saxony's Descendants

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Frederick (I 'the Belligerent', Elector of) Saxony (11 April 1370–4 January 1428) m. Catherine (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg (1395–28 DEC 1441)
  1. 1. Catherine (of Saxony Electress of) Brandenburg 1421–1476 m. Frederick (II Elector of) Brandenburg 1413–1471
    1. 1. Dorothea (of Brandenburg Duchess of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1446–1519 m. John (V Duke of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1439–1507
      1. 1. Magnus (I Duke of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1470–1543 m. Catherine (of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1488–1563
        1. 1. Catherine (of Saxe-Lauenburg Queen consort of) Sweden 1513–1535 m. Gustav (I, King of) Sweden 1496–1560
        2. 2. Francis (I Duke of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1510–1581 m. Sibylle (of Saxony Duchess of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1515–1592
        3. 3. Dorothea (of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1511–1571 m. Christian (III, King of Denmark, King of) Norway 1503–1559
    2. 2. Margaret (of Brandenburg Duchess of) Pomerania 1449–1489 m. Bogislaw (X Duke of) Pomerania 1454–1523
  2. 2. William (III, Landgrave of) Thuringia 1425–1482 m. Anne (of Bohemia and) Austria 1432–1462
    1. 1. Margaret (of) Thuringia 1449–1501 m. John (II, Elector of Brandenburg) Cicero 1455–1499
      1. 1. Anna (of) Brandenburg 1487–1514 m. Frederick (I, King of Denmark and) Norway 1471–1533
        1. 1. Christian (III, King of Denmark, King of) Norway 1503–1559 m. Dorothea (of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1511–1571
      2. 2. Joachim (I Nestor Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535 m. Elizabeth (of Denmark Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555
        1. 1. Anna (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Mecklenburg 1507–1567 m. Albrecht (VII, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1486–1547
        2. 2. Margaret (of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Pomerania 1511–1577 m. John (V, Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1504–1551
        3. 3. Joachim (II Hector Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571 m. Magdalena (of Saxony Electoral Princess of) Brandeburg 1507–1534 m. Hedwig (Jagiellon Electress of) Brandenburg 1513–1573
      3. 3. Ursula (of) Brandenburg 1488–1510 m. Henry (V Duke of) Mecklenburg 1479–1552
        1. 1. Sophia (of) Mecklenburg 1508–1541 m. Ernest (I, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1497–1546
  3. 3. Frederick (II, Elector of) Saxony 1412–1464 m. Margaret (of Austria, Electress of) Saxony 1416–1486
    1. 1. Albert (III, Duke of) Saxony 1443–1500 m. Sidonie (of) Poděbrady 1449–1510
      1. 1. Catherine (of Saxony, Archduchess of) Austria 1468–1524 m. Sigismund, (Archduke of) Austria 1427–1496
      2. 2. George, (Duke of) Saxony 1471–1539 m. Barbara Jagiellon 1478–1534
        1. 1. Magdalena (of Saxony Electoral Princess of) Brandeburg 1507–1534 m. Joachim (II Hector Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571
        2. 2. Christine (of) Saxony 1505–1549 m. Philip (I, Landgrave of) Hesse 1504–1567
      3. 3. Henry (IV, Duke of) Saxony 1473–1541 m. Catherine (of Mecklenburg Duchess of) Saxony 1487–1561
        1. 1. Sibylle (of Saxony Duchess of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1515–1592 m. Francis (I Duke of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1510–1581
        2. 2. Maurice, (Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553 m. Agnes (of Hesse, Duchess of) Saxony 1527–1555
      4. 4. Frederick, (Duke of Saxony, Grand Master of the Teutonic) Knights 1474–1510
    2. 2. Ernest, (Elector of) Saxony 1441–1486 m. Elisabeth (of Bavaria, Electress of) Saxony 1443–1484
      1. 1. John (Elector of) Saxony 1468–1532 m. Sophie (of Mecklenburg Electoral Princess of) Saxony 1481–1503 m. Margaret (of) Anhalt-Köthen 1494–1521
        1. 1. John (Frederick I Elector of) Saxony 1503–1554 m. Sibylle (of Cleves Electress consort of) Saxony 1512–1554
        2. 2. Maria (of Saxony Duchess of) Pomerania 1515–1583 m. Philip (I Duke of) Pomerania 1515–1560
      2. 2. Christina (of) Saxony 1461–1521 m. John, (King of Denmark, Norway and) Sweden 1455–1513
        1. 1. Elizabeth (of Denmark Electress of) Brandenburg 1485–1555 m. Joachim (I Nestor Elector of) Brandenburg 1484–1535
      3. 3. Margaret (of Saxony, Duchess of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1469–1528 m. Henry (the Middle, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1468–1532
        1. 1. Ernest (I, Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1497–1546 m. Sophia (of) Mecklenburg 1508–1541
    3. 3. Amalia (of Saxony, Duchess of) Bavaria 1436–1501 m. Louis (IX, Duke of) Bavaria 1417–1479
      1. 1. Margaret (of Bavaria, Electress) Palatine 1456–1501 m. Philip, (Elector) Palatine 1448–1508
        1. 1. Amalie (of the) Palatinate 1490–1524 m. George (I Duke of) Pomerania 1493–1531
        2. 2. Helen (of the) Palatinate 1493–1524 m. Henry (V Duke of) Mecklenburg 1479–1552
        3. 3. Frederick (II, Elector) Palatine 1482–1556 m. Dorothea (of Denmark, Electress) Palatine 1520–1580
    4. 4. Anna (of Saxony, Electress of) Brandenburg 1437–1512 m. Albrecht (III Achilles Elector of) Brandenburg 1414–1486
      1. 1. Sibylle (of Brandenburg Duchess of Jülich and Duchess of) Berg. 1467–1524 m. William (IV Duke of) Jülich-Berg 1455–1511
        1. 1. Maria (of) Jülich-Berg 1491–1543 m. John (III, Duke of) Cleves 1490–1539
      2. 2. Frederick (I, Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1460–1536 m. Sophia (of) Poland 1464–1512
        1. 1. Sophie (of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach Duchess of) Legnica 1485–1537
        2. 2. Albert, (Duke of) Prussia 1490–1568 m. Dorothea (of Denmark, Duchess of) Prussia 1504–1547
        3. 3. George, (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1484–1543
  4. 4. Anna (of Saxony, Landgravine of) Hesse 1420–1462 m. Louis (I, Landgrave of) Hesse 1402–1458
    1. 1. Henry (III Landgrave of Upper) Hesse 1440–1483 m. Anna (of) Katzenelnbogen 1443–1494
      1. 1. Elisabeth (of) Hesse-Marburg 1466–1523 m. Johann (V of) Nassau-Vianden-Dietz 1455–1516
        1. 1. William (I Count of) Nassau-Dillenburg 1487–1559 m. Juliana (of) Stolberg 1506–1580
      2. 2. Matilda (of) Hesse 1473–1505 m. John (II, Duke of) Cleves 1458–1521
        1. 1. John (III, Duke of) Cleves 1490–1539 m. Maria (of) Jülich-Berg 1491–1543
    2. 2. Louis (II, Landgrave of Lower) Hesse 1438–1471
      1. 1. William (II, Landgrave of) Hesse 1469–1509 m. Anna (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1485–1525
        1. 1. Philip (I, Landgrave of) Hesse 1504–1567 m. Christine (of) Saxony 1505–1549
      2. 2. William (I, Landgrave of Lower) Hesse 1466–1515
        1. 1. Elisabeth (of Hesse, Countess Palatine of) Zweibrücken 1503–1563 m. Louis (II, Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken 1502–1532

Frederick Saxony's Timeline

4 Records

1370
11 APR 1370
Birth of Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony // in Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
1370
11 April 1370
Birth of Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony //
None
1428
04 JAN 1428
Age 58
Death of Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony // in Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire
1428
4 January 1428
Age 58
Death of Frederick I 'the Belligerent', Elector of Saxony //
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 APR 1370
    Event Place: Dresden, Duchy of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 April 1370

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 JAN 1428
    Event Place: Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 January 1428
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