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George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony 1471–1539 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 August 1471

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

Death Date: 17 April 1539

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

Father: Albrecht Duke

Mother: Sidonia Bohemen)

Spouse(s): Barbara Habsburg)

Children(s): Magdalena Brandenburg, Kristina Hesse, Johan Saksen, Frederik Duke

In 1471, George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony entered the world in Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, born to Albrecht Iii Van Saksen Duke And Sidonia Van Podiebrad Van Bohemen. George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony married Barbara Jagiellon Princess Of Poland Von Habsburg, and had children including Frederik Van Saksen Hereditary Duke, Johan Van Saksen, Kristina Christine Wettin Of Saxony Countess Of Hesse, Magdalena Wettin Of Saxony Electoral Princess Of Brandeburg Margravine Of Brandenburg. George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1539 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

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Biography

  • In 1471, George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony entered the world in Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, born to Albrecht Iii Van Saksen Duke And Sidonia Van Podiebrad Van Bohemen.
  • George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony married Barbara Jagiellon Princess Of Poland Von Habsburg, and had children including Frederik Van Saksen Hereditary Duke, Johan Van Saksen, Kristina Christine Wettin Of Saxony Countess Of Hesse, Magdalena Wettin Of Saxony Electoral Princess Of Brandeburg Margravine Of Brandenburg.
  • George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony passed away in 1539 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony.

Immediate Family

Parents

Albrecht Duke
1443–1500
Birth Location: Grimma
AD
Sidonia Bohemen)
1449–1510
Birth Location: Bohemen
SB

Spouses(s)

Barbara Habsburg)
1478–1534
Birth Location: Sandomierz ( Sandomir), Swietokrzyskie ( Heiligkreuz), Poland
BH

Children(s)

Magdalena Brandenburg
1507–1534
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
MB
Kristina Hesse
1505–1549
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
KH
Johan Saksen
–1537
Birth Location: –
JS
Frederik Duke
1504–1539
Birth Location: –
FD

George Saxony's Ancestors

Self
George Saxony
1471–1539
Birth Place: Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Parents
Albrecht III van Saksen Duke
1443–1500
Grimma
Sidonia (van Podiebrad (van) Bohemen)
1449–1510
Bohemen
Grandparents
Frederik (II Keurvorst van Saksen Landgraaf van) Thüringen
1412–1464
Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
Margaretha (II van Oostenrijk (Habsburgse) huis)
1416–1486
Graz, Graz, Steiermark, Össterreich
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

George Saxony's Descendants

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George (The Bearded, Duke of) Saxony (27 August 1471–17 April 1539) m. Barbara (Jagiellon, Princess of Poland, ( von) Habsburg) (15 July 1478–15 Feb 1534)
  1. 1. Magdalena (Wettin of Saxony, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg, Margravine of) Brandenburg 1507–1534 m. Joachim (II Hector Hohenzollern, Elector of) Brandenburg 1505–1571
    1. 1. Johann ((John) George, Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of) Calvinism 1525–1598 m. Sofie (Piast of) Liegnitz 1526–1546 m. Sabine (Markgrafin von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1529–1575 m. Elisabeth (von) Anhalt-Zerbst 1563–1607
      1. 1. Joachim (III Friedrich, House of Hohenzollern, Kurfurst von Brandenburg,) Lutheran 1546–1608 m. Eleanor (of Prussia (Preußen) von) Brandenburg 1583–1607 m. Catherine (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1549–1602
        1. 1. Marie (Eleonore of) Brandenburg 1607–1675
        2. 2. John (Sigismund House of Hohenzollern, Protestant Elector of Brandenburg, at start of 30 Years War, Duke of Prussia, converted from Lutheranism to) Calvinism 1572–1619 m. Anna (von Preussen,) Lutheran 1576–1625
        3. 3. John (George of Brandenburg, Duke of) Jägerndorf 1577–1624 m. Eve (Christine Prinses Von) Württemberg 1590–1657
        4. 4. Barbara (Sophia of) Brandenburg 1584–1636 m. Johann (Friedrich von) Württemberg 1582–1628
        5. 5. Christian (Wilhelm of) Brandenburg 1587–1665
        6. 6. Anne (Catherine of) Brandenburg 1575–1612 m. Christian (IV King of) Norway-Denmark 1577–1648
      2. 2. Joachim (Ernst Markgraf von) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1583–1625
      3. 3. Magdalen (von Hohenzollern, von) Brandenburg 1582–1616 m. Ludwig (V von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1577–1626
        1. 1. Juliana (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1606–1659
        2. 2. Hedwig (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1613–1614
        3. 3. Amalie (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1607–1627
        4. 4. Heinrich (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1612–1629
        5. 5. Sofie (Agnes von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1664
        6. 6. Georg (II von Hessen-Darmstadt,) Landgraf 1605–1661 m. Prinzessin (Sophie Eleonore von) Sachsen 1609–1671
      4. 4. Anna (Marie Prinzessin von) Brandenburg 1567–1618
      5. 5. Magdalena (Von) Brandenburg 1582–1616
      6. 6. Sophie (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Electress of) Saxony 1568–1622 m. Christian (I of Saxony, Elector of) Saxony 1560–1591 m. Barnim (X Griffins, Duke of Pomerania, no) issue 1549–1603
        1. 1. Johann (Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of) Saxony 1585–1656 m. Magdalena (Sybille van Brandenburg von Hohenzollern, Electress of) Saxony 1586–1659 m. Sibylle (Elisabeth of Württemberg, Duchess of) Saxony 1584–1606
        2. 2. Christian (II of Saxony, Elector of) Saxony 1583–1611
        3. 3. Sophie (Herzogin of Saxony & Wettin, Duchess of) Pomerania 1587–1635
        4. 4. Prince (Augustus of Saxony, Administrator of the diocese of) Naumburg-Zeitz. 1589–1615
        5. 5. Princess (Dorothea of Saxony, Abbess of) Quedlinburg 1591–1617
      7. 7. Christian (Markgraf von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1581–1655 m. Marie (de Hohenzollern, Duchess of Prussia, Magravine von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1579–1649
        1. 1. George (Albert de Hohenzollern, von) Brandenburg-Kulmbach 1619–1666 m. Marie d'Oldenburg 1628–1664
        2. 2. Anna (Maria of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Princess of) Eggenberg 1609–1680
        3. 3. Magdalene (Sibylle von Brandenberg-Bayreuth, Prinzessin, Electress von) Sachen 1612–1687
        4. 4. Elisabeth (Eleonore von Brandenburg) Bayreuth 1606–1606
      8. 8. Anna (Maria, Princess of) Brandenburg 1567–1618
      9. 9. Erdmuthe, (Princess of) Brandenburg 1561–1623
    2. 2. Friedrich (of Brandenburg, Archbishop of) Magdeburg 1530–1552
    3. 3. Princess (Barbara Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Duchess of) Brieg 1527–1595 m. Georg (II "the Pious" Schlesien-Piast, Duke of) Brieg 1523–1586
      1. 1. Joachim (Frederick of Brieg, Duke of Olawa–Wołów, Brieg and) Legnica 1550–1602
      2. 2. Elisabeth (Magdalena of Brieg, Duchess of) Munsterberg-Oels 1562–1630
      3. 3. Barbara (of) Brieg 1548–1565
      4. 4. John (George of Brieg, Duke of Ohlau & Wohlau) Wolow 1552–1592 m. Anna (Wurttemberg, Princess) of 1561–1616
        1. 1. George (Christoph Olawa, Prince) of 1583–1584
        2. 2. Barbara (Olawa, Princess) of 1586–1586
      5. 5. Sophie (of) Brieg 1556–1594
  2. 2. Kristina (Christine Wettin Of Saxony, Countess Of) Hesse 1505–1549
  3. 3. Johan (Van) Saksen –1537
  4. 4. Frederik (Van Saksen, Hereditary) Duke 1504–1539

George Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1471
27 August 1471
Birth of George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony in Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
1539
17 April 1539
Age 68
Death of George The Bearded, Duke of Saxony in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 August 1471
    Event Place: Meissen, Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1539
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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