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Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony 1473–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Mar 1473

Birth Location: Dresden

Death Date: 18 Mar 1541

Death Location: Dresden

Father: Duke III

Mother: Sidonie Podebrady

Spouse(s): Catherine Mecklenburg

Children(s): Maurice Saxony, Augustus Saxony, Sibylle Saxe, Emilie Saxony, Sidonie Saxony

The story of Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony began in 1473 in Dresden. Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony married Catherine Of Mecklenburg, and had children including Augustus Elector Of Saxony, Emilie Of Saxony, Maurice Duke And Elector Of Saxony, Sibylle De Saxe, Sidonie Of Saxony. Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony passed away in 1541 in Dresden.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony began in 1473 in Dresden.
  • Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony married Catherine Of Mecklenburg, and had children including Augustus Elector Of Saxony, Emilie Of Saxony, Maurice Duke And Elector Of Saxony, Sibylle De Saxe, Sidonie Of Saxony.
  • Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony passed away in 1541 in Dresden.

Immediate Family

Parents

Duke III
1443–1500
Birth Location: –
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Sidonie Podebrady
1449–1510
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Catherine Mecklenburg
1487–1561
Birth Location: –
CM

Children(s)

Maurice Saxony
1521–1553
Birth Location: –
MS
Augustus Saxony
1526–1586
Birth Location: –
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Sibylle Saxe
1515–1592
Birth Location: –
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Emilie Saxony
1516–1591
Birth Location: –
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Sidonie Saxony
1518–1575
Birth Location: Meissen
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Henry Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Henry Saxony
1473–1541
Birth Place: Dresden
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

Henry Saxony's Descendants

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Henry (IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of) Saxony (16 Mar 1473–18 Mar 1541) m. Catherine (of) Mecklenburg (1487–06 Jun 1561)
  1. 1. Maurice (Duke and Elector of) Saxony 1521–1553 m. Agnes (of) Hesse 1527–1555
    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
        1. 1. Mauritia (Eleonora de) Portugal 1609–1674 m. George (Frederick (Fritz) Prince of) Nassau-Siegen 1606–1674
      2. 2. Maurice (Prince of) Orange 1567–1625 m. Margaretha (van) Mechelen 1580–1662
        1. 1. Louis ((Lodewijk) van) Nassau 1604–1665 m. Isabella (van) Horne 1608–1664
      3. 3. Anna (of) Nassau 1563–1588 m. William (Louis Count of) Nassau-Dillenburg 1560–1620
  2. 2. Augustus (Elector of) Saxony 1526–1586 m. Anne (of) Denmark 1532–1585
    1. 1. Christian (I of) Saxony 1560–1591 m. Sophia (von) Brandenburg 1568–1622
      1. 1. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) I 1585–1656 m. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Prussia 1586–1659
        1. 1. Marie (Elisabeth of) Saxony 1610–1684 m. Duke (of Holstein-Gottorp Frederick) III 1597–1659
        2. 2. Sophia (Eleonore of) Saxony 1609–1671 m. Landgrave (of Hesse-Darmstadt Georg) II 1605–1661
        3. 3. Maurice (Duke of) Saxe-Zeitz 1619–1681 m. Dorothea (Maria of) Saxe-Weimar 1641–1675
        4. 4. Augustus (Duke of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1614–1680 m. Anna (Maria of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1627–1669 m. Johanna (Walpurgis of) Leiningen-Westerburg 1647–1687
        5. 5. Elector (of Saxony Johann Georg) II 1613–1680 m. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1612–1687
        6. 6. Magdalene (Sibylle of) Saxony 1617–1668 m. Duke (of Saxe-Altenburg Friedrich Wilhelm) II 1603–1669
        7. 7. Christian (von Sachsen-Merseburg) I 1615–1691 m. Christiana (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1634–1701
    2. 2. Dorothea (of) Saxony 1563–1587 m. Henry (Julius Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1564–1613
      1. 1. Dorothea (Hedwig of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1587–1609 m. Rudolf (Prince of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1576–1621
        1. 1. Dorothea (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1607–1634 m. Augustus (the Younger Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1579–1666
        2. 2. Eleanor (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1608–1680 m. Frederick (of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg 1581–1658
    3. 3. Elisabeth (of) Saxony 1552–1590 m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Simmern 1543–1592
      1. 1. Dorothea (Pfalzgräfin von) Simmern 1581–1631 m. Fürst (von Anhalt-Dessau Johann Georg) I 1567–1618
        1. 1. Johann (Casimir Prince of) Anhalt-Dessau 1596–1660 m. Agnes (of) Hesse-Kassel 1606–1650
        2. 2. Eleonore (Dorothea of) Anhalt-Dessau 1602–1664 m. Wilhelm (Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1598–1662
        3. 3. Johanna (Dorothea Prinzessin von) Anhalt-Dessau 1612–1695 m. Moritz (Graf von) Bentheim-Tecklenburg 1615–1674
    4. 4. Anna (of) Saxony 1567–1613 m. John (Casimir Duke of) Saxe-Coburg 1564–1633
  3. 3. Sibylle (de) Saxe 1515–1592 m. Duke (of Saxe-Lauenbourg Franz) I 1510–1581
    1. 1. Duke (of Saxe-Lauenbourg Franz) II 1547–1619 m. Marie (de) Brunswick-Lunebourg 1566–1626
      1. 1. Julius (Hendrik Duke of) Saxe-Lauenbourg 1586–1665 m. Elisabeth (Sophie de) Brandenbourg 1589–1629 m. Anna (Magdalena Popel von) Lobkowitz 1609–1668
        1. 1. Jules-François (duc de) Saxe-Lauenbourg 1641–1689 m. Hedwige (de) Palatinat-Sulzbach 1650–1681
      2. 2. Sophie (Hedwig of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1601–1660 m. Philip (Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1584–1663
        1. 1. Auguste (of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1633–1701 m. Ernst (Günther Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg 1609–1689
        2. 2. Marie (Elisabeth of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1628–1664 m. Georg (Albrecht Margrave of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach 1619–1666
        3. 3. Sophia (Dorothea of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1636–1689 m. Friedrich (Wilhelm the Great Elector Elector of) Brandenburg 1620–1688
        4. 4. Christiana (von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1634–1701 m. Christian (von Sachsen-Merseburg) I 1615–1691
        5. 5. Christian (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1627–1698 m. Agnes (Hedwig von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön 1640–1698 m. Sibylle (Ursula von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1629–1671
    2. 2. Ursula (of) Saxe-Lauenburg 1545–1620 m. Henry (Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1533–1598
      1. 1. Augustus (the Younger Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1579–1666 m. Dorothea (of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1607–1634 m. Elisabeth (Sophie of) Mecklenburg 1613–1676
        1. 1. Anton (Ulrich Duke of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1633–1714 m. Elisabeth (Juliana of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg 1633–1704
        2. 2. Duke (of Brunswick-Lüneburg Ferdinand Albert) I 1636–1687 m. Christine (of) Hessse 1648–1702
        3. 3. Klara (Augusta Herzogin von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg 1632–1700 m. Friedrich (Herzog von) Württemberg 1615–1682
        4. 4. Sibylle (Ursula von) Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1629–1671 m. Christian (Herzog von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 1627–1698
      2. 2. Julius (Ernst of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1571–1636 m. Maria (of) Ostfriesland 1582–1616 m. Sybille (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1584–1652
        1. 1. Marie (Katharina of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1616–1665 m. Duke (of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Adolf Frederick) I 1588–1658
      3. 3. Sibylle (Elisabeth Duchess of) Brunswick-Dannenberg 1576–1630 m. Count (of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst Anton) II 1550–1619
        1. 1. Sophia (Ursula of) Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 1601–1642 m. Count (of Barby-Mühlingen Albert Frederick) I 1597–1641
        2. 2. Emilie (of) Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 1614–1670 m. Count (of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Günther) I 1581–1646
        3. 3. Anna (Countess of) Oldenburg-Delmenhorst 1605–1688 m. Johann (Christian Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg 1607–1653
        4. 4. Juliane (of) Oldenburg 1615–1691
        5. 5. Clara (von) Oldenburg 1606–1647 m. August (Philipp Duke of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1612–1675
    3. 3. Sidonia (Catharina of) Saxe-Lauenburg –1594 m. Wenceslaus (III Adam Duke of) Cieszyn 1524–1579
      1. 1. Maria (Sidonia of) Cieszyn 1572–1587 m. Duke (of Legnica Frederick) IV 1552–1596
  4. 4. Emilie (of) Saxony 1516–1591 m. Georg (Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1484–1543
    1. 1. Sophie (of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1535–1587 m. Henry (XI of) Legnica 1539–1588
      1. 1. Katharina (Sophie of) Legnica 1561–1608 m. Frederick (von der) Pfalz-Zweibrücken 1557–1597
    2. 2. George (Frederick Margrave of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1539–1603 m. Elisabeth (of) Brandenburg-Küstrin 1540–1578 m. Sophie (of) Brunswick-Lüneburg 1563–1639
  5. 5. Sidonie (of) Saxony 1518–1575 m. Duke (of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Calenberg Eric) II 1528–1584

Henry Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1473
16 Mar 1473
Birth of Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony in Dresden
Dresden
1541
18 Mar 1541
Age 68
Death of Henry IV the Pious (Heinrich der Fromme) Duke of Saxony in Dresden
Dresden

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1473
    Event Place: Dresden

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1541
    Event Place: Dresden
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