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George the Bearded Duke of Saxony 1471–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1471

Birth Location: Meissen

Death Date: 17 Apr 1539

Death Location: Dresden

Father: Duke III

Mother: Sidonie Podebrady

Spouse(s): Barbara Jagiellon

Children(s): Christine Saxony, Madeleine Saxe

George the Bearded Duke of Saxony was born in 1471 in Meissen, the child of Duke Of Saxony Albert Iii And Sidonie Of Podebrady. George the Bearded Duke of Saxony married Barbara Jagiellon, and had children including Christine Of Saxony, Madeleine De Saxe. George the Bearded Duke of Saxony passed away in 1539 in Dresden.

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Biography

  • George the Bearded Duke of Saxony was born in 1471 in Meissen, the child of Duke Of Saxony Albert Iii And Sidonie Of Podebrady.
  • George the Bearded Duke of Saxony married Barbara Jagiellon, and had children including Christine Of Saxony, Madeleine De Saxe.
  • George the Bearded Duke of Saxony passed away in 1539 in Dresden.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duke III
1443–1500
Birth Location: –
DI
Sidonie Podebrady
1449–1510
Birth Location: –
SP

Spouses(s)

Barbara Jagiellon
1478–1534
Birth Location: –
BJ

Children(s)

Christine Saxony
1505–1549
Birth Location: –
CS
Madeleine Saxe
–1534
Birth Location: –
MS

George Saxony's Ancestors

Self
George Saxony
1471–1539
Birth Place: Meissen
Parents
Duke of Saxony Albert III
1443–1500
Sidonie (of) Podebrady
1449–1510
Grandparents
Elector (of Saxony Friedrich) II
1412–1464
Leipzig
Margaret (of) Austria
1416–1486
George (of Kunštát and) Poděbrady
1420–1471
Kunigunde (of) Sternberg
1425–1449
Konopiště
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1370–1428
Katharina Brunswick-Lüneburg
1395–1442
Ernest Austria
1377–1424
Cimburgia Masovia
1394–1429
Victor Poděbrady
1403–1427
Anna Wartenberg
1403–1427
Smil Sternberg
–1431
Barbara Pardubice
–1433
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Meissen
1332–1381
Katharina Henneberg
1334–1397
Henry Brunswick-Lüneburg
–1416
Sophie Pomerania
–1406
Leopold Austria
1351–1386
Viridis Visconti
1352–1414
Duke IV
1355–1426
Alexandra Lithuania
–1434
Boček Poděbrady
–1417
Johann Wartenberg
–1405

George Saxony's Descendants

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George (the Bearded Duke of) Saxony (27 Aug 1471–17 Apr 1539) m. Barbara Jagiellon (15 Jul 1478–15 Feb 1534)
  1. 1. Christine (of) Saxony 1505–1549 m. Philip (I the Magnanimous Landgrave of) Hesse 1504–1567
    1. 1. Agnes (of) Hesse 1527–1555 m. Maurice (Duke and Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553 m. Duke (of Saxony Johann Friedrich) II 1529–1595
      1. 1. Anna (of) Saxony 1544–1577 m. William (I the Silent Prince of) Orange 1533–1584
        1. 1. Emilia (of) Nassau 1569–1629 m. Manuel (de) Portugal 1568–1638
        2. 2. Maurice (Prince of) Orange 1567–1625 m. Margaretha (van) Mechelen 1580–1662
        3. 3. Anna (of) Nassau 1563–1588 m. William (Louis Count of) Nassau-Dillenburg 1560–1620
    2. 2. Elisabeth (of) Hesse 1539–1582 m. Elector (Palatinate of the Rhine Louis) VI 1539–1583
      1. 1. Frederick (IV the Righteous Elector Palatinate of the) Rhine 1574–1610 m. Louise (Juliana of) Nassau 1576–1644
        1. 1. Elector (Palatinate Frederick) V 1596–1632 m. Elizabeth Stuart 1596–1662
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Charlotte of the) Palatinate 1597–1660 m. George (William Elector of) Brandenburg 1595–1640
        3. 3. Louise (Juliane of the) Palatinate 1594–1640 m. Johann (II der Jüngere Duke of) Zweibrücken 1584–1635
        4. 4. Ludwig (Philipp Count Palatine of) Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1602–1655 m. Maria (Eleonora of) Brandenburg 1607–1675
      2. 2. Maria (of the) Palatinate-Simmern 1561–1589 m. Charles (IX) Vasa 1550–1611
        1. 1. Catherine (of) Sweden 1584–1638 m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Kleeburg 1589–1652
    3. 3. William (IV of) Hesse-Kassel 1532–1592 m. Sabine (de) Württemberg 1549–1581 m. Elisabeth Wallenstein 1530–1632
      1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Hesse-Kassel 1567–1626 m. Graf (von Nassau-Weilburg Ludwig) II 1565–1627
        1. 1. Wilhelm (Ludwig Count of) Nassau-Saarbrücken 1590–1640 m. Anna (Amalia of) Baden-Durlach 1595–1651
        2. 2. Johann (Count of) Nassau-Idstein 1603–1677 m. Sibylla (Magdalena of) Baden-Durlach 1605–1644 m. Anna (von) Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 1625–1688
        3. 3. Ernst (Casimir Count of) Nassau-Weilburg 1607–1655 m. Anna (Maria von) Sayn-Wittgenstein 1610–1656
      2. 2. Maurice (of) Hesse-Kassel 1572–1632 m. Agnès (de) Solms-Laubach 1578–1602 m. Julianne (of) Nassau-Dillenburg 1587–1643
        1. 1. William (V of) Hesse-Kassel 1602–1637 m. Amélie (Élisabeth de) Hanau-Münzenberg 1602–1651
        2. 2. Frederick (Landgrave of) Hesse-Eschwege 1617–1655 m. Eleonora (Catherine of) Kleeburg 1626–1692
        3. 3. Agnes (of) Hesse-Kassel 1606–1650 m. Johann (Casimir Prince of) Anhalt-Dessau 1596–1660
        4. 4. Ernest (Landgrave of) Hesse-Rheinfels 1623–1693 m. Maria (Eleonore Countess of) Solms-Lich 1632–1689
        5. 5. Magdalene (Landgräfin von) Hessen-Kassel 1611–1671 m. Eric (Adolf von) Salm-Reifferscheid 1619–1673
        6. 6. Sophia (von) Hessen-Kassel 1615–1670 m. Philipp (I zu) Schaumburg-Lippe 1601–1681
        7. 7. Elisabeth (von) Hessen-Kassel 1596–1625 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann Albrecht) II 1590–1636
      3. 3. Christine (of) Hesse-Kassel 1578–1658 m. Johann (Ernst Duke of) Saxe-Eisenach 1566–1638
      4. 4. Philipp (Wilhelm von) Cornberg 1553–1616 m. Christine (von) Boineburg 1583–1632 m. Anna (Christine von) Falken –1602
        1. 1. Reinhard (von) Cornberg 1594–1676
    4. 4. Anna (of) Hesse 1529–1591 m. Wolfgang (von der) Pfalz-Zweibrücken 1526–1569
      1. 1. Johann (von Zweibrücken) I 1550–1604 m. Magdalene Jülich-Cleves-Berg 1553–1633
        1. 1. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Kleeburg 1589–1652 m. Catherine (of) Sweden 1584–1638
        2. 2. Marie (Elisabeth de) Palatinat-Deux-Ponts 1581–1637 m. Georg-Gustav (von) Pfalz-Veldenz 1564–1634
        3. 3. Johann (II der Jüngere Duke of) Zweibrücken 1584–1635 m. Catherine (de) Rohan 1578–1607 m. Louise (Juliane of the) Palatinate 1594–1640
        4. 4. Frederick (Casimir Count Palatine of) Zweibrücken-Landsberg 1585–1645 m. Emilia (Antwerpiana of) Nassau 1581–1657
      2. 2. Philipp (Ludwig von Pfalz) Neuburg 1547–1614 m. Anne (of) Cleves 1552–1632
        1. 1. Wolfgang (Wilhelm von) Neuburg 1578–1653 m. Magdalene (of) Bavaria 1587–1628
        2. 2. Anna (Maria Countess Palatine of) Neuburg 1575–1643 m. Duke (of Saxe-Altenburg Friedrich Wilhelm) I 1562–1602
        3. 3. Augustus (Count Palatine of) Sulzbach 1582–1632 m. Hedwig (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1603–1657
      3. 3. Count (Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Charles) I 1560–1600 m. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1570–1649
        1. 1. Sophie (Magdalene von) Wittelsbach 1593–1676 m. Crato ((Kraft) of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein) VII 1582–1641
        2. 2. Count (Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Christian) I 1598–1654 m. Magdalena (Catherine of) Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1607–1648
        3. 3. Georg (Wilhelm Pfalzgraf von) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 1591–1669 m. Dorothea (von) Solms-Sonnenwalde 1586–1625
      4. 4. Frederick (von der) Pfalz-Zweibrücken 1557–1597 m. Katharina (Sophie of) Legnica 1561–1608
      5. 5. Maria (Elisabeth Pfalzgräfin bei Rhein zu) Zweibrücken-Neuburg 1561–1629 m. Graf (von Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hardenburg Emich) XII 1562–1607
        1. 1. Graf (von Leiningen-Dachsburg-Hardenburg Johann Philipp) II 1588–1643 m. Anna (Elisabeth Gräfin von) Öttingen 1603–1673 m. Anna (Juliana von) Kyrburg-Mörchingen 1584– m. Elisabeth (Gräfin von) Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg 1586–1623
    5. 5. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) I 1547–1596 m. Magdalene (of) Lippe 1552–1587
      1. 1. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis) V 1577–1626 m. Magdalena (von) Brandenburg 1582–1616
        1. 1. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) II 1605–1661 m. Sophia (Eleonore of) Saxony 1609–1671
        2. 2. Anne (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1601–1659 m. Georg (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1582–1641
        3. 3. Elisabeth (Magdalena of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1600–1624 m. Louis (Frederick of) Württemberg 1586–1631
        4. 4. Juliana (of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1606–1659 m. Count (of East Frisia Ulrich) II 1605–1648
      2. 2. Landgrave (of Hesse-Homburg Friedrich) I 1585–1638 m. Margaret (Elisabeth of) Leiningen-Westerburg 1604–1667
        1. 1. William (Christoph Landgrave of) Hesse-Homburg 1625–1681 m. Sophia (Eleonore of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1634–1663
        2. 2. Landgrave (of Hesse-Homburg Frederick) II 1633–1708 m. Louise (Elisabeth of) Courland 1646–1690 m. Sophie (Sibylla Gräfin zu) Leiningen-Westerburg 1656–1724 m. Margareta (Abrahamsdotter) Brahe 1603–1669
        3. 3. Anna (Margarete von) Hessen-Homburg 1629–1686 m. Philipp (Ludwig Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg 1620–1689
      3. 3. Anna (Landgräfin von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1583–1631 m. Graf (von Solms-Laubach Albrecht Otto) I 1576–1610
        1. 1. Graf (von Solms-Laubach Albrecht Otto) II 1610–1639
        2. 2. Christiane (zu) Solms-Laubach 1607–1638 m. Graf (von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg Emich) XIII 1612–1658
        3. 3. Margarethe (zu) Solms-Laubach 1604–1648 m. Heinrich (Volrad Graf zu) Stolberg-Ortenberg 1590–1641
      4. 4. Elisabeth (Prinzessin von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1579–1655 m. Johann (Casimir von) Nassau-Weilburg-Gleiberg 1577–1602
    6. 6. Christine (of) Hesse 1543–1604 m. Adolf (I Duke of) Holstein-Gottorp 1526–1586
      1. 1. Johann (Adolf of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1616 m. Augusta (of) Denmark 1580–1639
        1. 1. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick) III 1597–1659 m. Marie (Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684
        2. 2. Hedwig (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1603–1657 m. Augustus (Count Palatine of) Sulzbach 1582–1632
        3. 3. Dorothea (Auguste von) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1602–1682 m. Joachim (Ernst von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön) I 1595–1671
        4. 4. John (X of) Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp 1606–1655 m. Julia (Felicitas of) Württemberg-Weiltingen 1619–1661
      2. 2. Christina (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1573–1625 m. Charles (IX) Vasa 1550–1611
        1. 1. Gustavus (Adolphus of) Sweden 1594–1632 m. Maria (Eleonora of) Brandenburg 1599–1655 m. Margareta Slots –1669
        2. 2. Maria (Elizabeth of) Sweden 1596–1618 m. Johan (of) Sweden 1589–1618
      3. 3. Sophia (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1569–1634 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann) VII 1558–1592
        1. 1. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederick) I 1588–1658 m. Marie (Katharina of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1616–1665 m. Anna (Maria of East) Frisia 1601–1633
        2. 2. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Johann Albrecht) II 1590–1636 m. Margaret (Elisabeth of) Mecklenburg 1584–1616 m. Eleonore (Marie von) Anhalt 1600–1657 m. Elisabeth (von) Hessen-Kassel 1596–1625
      4. 4. Anna (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1610 m. Count (of East Frisia Enno) III 1563–1625
        1. 1. Anna (Maria of East) Frisia 1601–1633 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederick) I 1588–1658
        2. 2. Count (of East Frisia Ulrich) II 1605–1648 m. Juliana (of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1606–1659
    7. 7. Barbara (of) Hesse 1536–1597 m. George (I of) Württemberg 1498–1558
      1. 1. Frederick (I of) Württemberg 1557–1608 m. Sibylle d'Anhalt 1564–1614
        1. 1. Barbara (of) Württemberg 1593–1627 m. Margrave (of Baden-Durlach Frederick) V 1594–1659
        2. 2. Johann (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg 1582–1628 m. Barbara (Sophie of) Brandenburg 1584–1636
        3. 3. Julius (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg-Weiltingen 1588–1635 m. Anne (Sabine of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg 1593–1659
        4. 4. Louis (Frederick of) Württemberg 1586–1631 m. Elisabeth (Magdalena of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1600–1624
  2. 2. Madeleine (de) Saxe –1534 m. Joachim (II Hector von) Brandenburg 1505–1571
    1. 1. Johann (Georg Elector of) Brandenburg 1525–1598 m. Sabina (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Elisabeth (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607 m. Sophie (of) Legnica 1525–1546
      1. 1. Magdalena (von) Brandenburg 1582–1616 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis) V 1577–1626
      2. 2. Joachim (III Frederick Elector of) Brandenburg 1546–1608 m. Catherine (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1549–1602 m. Eleanor (of) Prussia 1583–1607
        1. 1. Johann (Sigismund of) Brandenburg 1572–1619 m. Anna (Duchess of) Prussia 1576–1625
        2. 2. Anne (Catherine of) Brandenburg 1575–1612 m. Christian (IV of) Denmark 1577–1648
        3. 3. Barbara (Sophie of) Brandenburg 1584–1636 m. Johann (Frederick Duke of) Württemberg 1582–1628
        4. 4. Christian (Wilhelm of) Brandenburg 1587–1665 m. Maximiliane (of) Salm-Neuburg 1608–1663 m. Barbara (Eusebia of) Martinice –1656 m. Dorothea (of) Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1596–1643
        5. 5. Maria (Eleonora of) Brandenburg 1607–1675 m. Ludwig (Philipp Count Palatine of) Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1602–1655
      3. 3. Elisabeth (Sophie de) Brandenbourg 1589–1629 m. Julius (Hendrik Duke of) Saxe-Lauenbourg 1586–1665 m. Janusz Radziwill 1579–1620
        1. 1. Boguslaw Radziwill 1620–1669 m. Anna (Maria) Radziwill 1640–
      4. 4. Sophia (von) Brandenburg 1568–1622 m. Christian (I of) Saxony 1560–1591
        1. 1. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) I 1585–1656 m. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Prussia 1586–1659
      5. 5. Christian (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1581–1655 m. Marie (of) Prussia 1579–1649
        1. 1. Georg (Albrecht Margrave of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 1619–1666 m. Marie (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1628–1664
        2. 2. Erdmann (August of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1615–1651 m. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1614–1646
        3. 3. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1612–1687 m. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) II 1613–1680
        4. 4. Anna (Maria von) Hohenzollern 1609–1680 m. Johann (Anton von) Eggenberg 1610–1649
      6. 6. Joachim (Ernst Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1583–1625 m. Sophie (de) Solms-Laubach 1594–1651
        1. 1. Margrave (of Brandenburg-Ansbach Albert) II 1620–1667 m. Sophie (Margarete of) Öttingen 1634–1664
        2. 2. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1614–1646 m. Erdmann (August of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1615–1651
      7. 7. Dorothea (Sibylle von) Hohenzollern 1590–1625 m. Johann (Christian von) Schlesien 1591–1639
        1. 1. George (III of) Brieg 1611–1664 m. Sophie (Katharina of) Ziębice-Oleśnica 1601–1659 m. Elisabeth (Marie Charlotte of) Simmern-Kaiserslautern 1638–1664
        2. 2. Christian (von) Schlesien 1618–1672 m. Luise (Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1631–1680
        3. 3. Sibylla (Margareta von) Schlesien-Liegnitz 1620–1657 m. Gerard (von) Dönhoff 1589–1648
    2. 2. Barbara (of) Brandenburg 1527–1595 m. George (II of) Brieg 1523–1586
      1. 1. John (George of) Ohlau 1552–1592 m. Anna (of) Württemberg 1561–1616
      2. 2. Joachim (Friedrich von) Schlesien 1550–1602 m. Anna (Marie von) Anhalt 1561–1605
        1. 1. Johann (Christian von) Schlesien 1591–1639 m. Dorothea (Sibylle von) Hohenzollern 1590–1625 m. Anna (Hedwig von) Sitzsch 1611–1639
        2. 2. Barbara (Agnes von) Schlesien 1593–1631 m. Hans (Ulrich) Schaffgotsch 1595–1635

George Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1471
27 Aug 1471
Birth of George the Bearded Duke of Saxony in Meissen
Meissen
1539
17 Apr 1539
Age 68
Death of George the Bearded Duke of Saxony in Dresden
Dresden

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1471
    Event Place: Meissen

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1539
    Event Place: Dresden
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