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Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony 1581–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 August 1581

Birth Location: Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark

Death Date: 26 November 1641

Death Location: Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

Father: Frederick Norway

Mother: Sophie Norway

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Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony was born in 1581 in Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark, the child of Frederick Ii King Of Denmark And Norway And Sophie Of Mecklenburg Gustrow Queen Of Denmark And Norway. Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony passed away in 1641 in Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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  • Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony was born in 1581 in Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark, the child of Frederick Ii King Of Denmark And Norway And Sophie Of Mecklenburg Gustrow Queen Of Denmark And Norway.
  • Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony passed away in 1641 in Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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Hedwig Saxony's Ancestors

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Hedwig Saxony
1581–1641
Birth Place: Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark
Parents
Frederick II King of Denmark and Norway
1534–1588
Haderslev, Syddanmark, Denmark
Sophie (of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Queen of Denmark and) Norway
1557–1631
Wismar, Landkreis Nordwestmechlenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Grandparents
Christian (Oldenburg\ King of) Denmark
1503–1559
Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburger Landkreis, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Dorothea, (Queen Consort Denmark, of Saxony Lauenburg,) Manderow
1511–1571
Lauenburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Ulrich (III. Herzog zu Mecklenburg-Guestrow Vorst von Wenden) III
1527–1603
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
Dorothea (of Konigsberg (Oldenburg-Hohenzollern)) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1527–1591
Konigsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Frederik Schleswig-Holstein
1471–1533
Anna Norway
1487–1514
Magnus Ratzburg
1470–1543
Catharina Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel
1488–1563
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Hedwig Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1581
5 August 1581
Birth of Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony in Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark
Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark
1641
26 November 1641
Age 60
Death of Hedwig of Denmark Electress of Saxony in Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 August 1581
    Event Place: Frederiksborg Slot, Frederiksborg, Denmark

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 November 1641
    Event Place: Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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