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Hedwig Oldenburg Electress of Saxony 1581–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Aug 1581

Birth Location: Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark

Death Date: 26 Nov 1641

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

Father: King II

Mother: Sophia Gustrow

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Hedwig Oldenburg Electress of Saxony was born in 1581 in Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark, the child of King Frederick Von Oldenburg Ii And Sophia Queen Von Mecklenburg Schwerin Gustrow. Hedwig Oldenburg Electress of Saxony passed away in 1641 in Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin, Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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  • Hedwig Oldenburg Electress of Saxony was born in 1581 in Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark, the child of King Frederick Von Oldenburg Ii And Sophia Queen Von Mecklenburg Schwerin Gustrow.
  • Hedwig Oldenburg 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 Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark
Parents
King Frederick Von Oldenburg II
1534–1588
Haderslev, Sonderjylland, Denmark
Sophia (Queen Von Mecklenburg Schwerin) Gustrow
1557–1631
Wismar, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Grandparents
Christian (Of Denmark And Norway (King of Denmark and Norway)) III
1503–1559
Schleswig, Kreis Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Queen (Dorothea Von Saxe-Lauenburg of) Demark
1511–1571
Lauenburg, Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Ulrich (Iii Herzog Von Mecklenburg-Guestrow Vorst Von) Wenden
1527–1603
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
Dorothea (of Konigsberg (Oldenburg-Hohenzollern)) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1527–1591
Konigsberg, Giessen, Hessen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
King I
1471–1533
Anna Brandenburg
1487–1514
Albrecht VII
1486–1547
Anna Mecklenburg
1507–1567
King I
1471–1533
Sophia Denmark
1498–1568
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Oldenburg
1426–1481
Dorothea Denmark)
1430–1495
Magnus Schwerin
1441–1503
Sophie Mecklenburg)
1460–1504
Christian Oldenburg
1426–1481
Dorothea Denmark)
1430–1495

Hedwig Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1581
05 Aug 1581
Birth of Hedwig Oldenburg Electress of Saxony in Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark
Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark
1641
26 Nov 1641
Age 60
Death of Hedwig Oldenburg 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: 05 Aug 1581
    Event Place: Frederiksborg Palace, Hillerød, North Zealand, Denmark

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

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