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Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony 1503–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Jun 1503

Birth Location: Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia

Death Date: 3 Mar 1554

Death Location: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

Father: Johann Saxony

Mother: Sophia Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Spouse(s): Sibylle Cleves

Children(s): Johann Saxony, Johann Saxony, Johann Sachsen, Johann Saxony

In 1503, Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia, born to Johann Of Saxony And Sophia Of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony married Sibylle Of Cleves, and had children including Johann Ernst Von Sachsen, Johann Friedrich Ii Of Saxony, Johann Friedrich Iii Of Saxony, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony. Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony passed away in 1554 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1503, Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia, born to Johann Of Saxony And Sophia Of Mecklenburg Schwerin.
  • Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony married Sibylle Of Cleves, and had children including Johann Ernst Von Sachsen, Johann Friedrich Ii Of Saxony, Johann Friedrich Iii Of Saxony, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony.
  • Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony passed away in 1554 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Saxony
1468–1532
Birth Location: –
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Sophia Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1481–1503
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Sibylle Cleves
1512–1554
Birth Location: Düsseldorf, Stadtkreis Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Children(s)

Johann Saxony
1530–1573
Birth Location: Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
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Johann Saxony
1538–1565
Birth Location: –
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Johann Sachsen
1535–1535
Birth Location: –
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Johann Saxony
1529–1595
Birth Location: –
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Johann Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Johann Saxony
1503–1554
Birth Place: Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
Parents
Johann Of Saxony
1468–1532
Sophia (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1481–1503
Grandparents
Ernest (Of) Saxony
1441–1486
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Elisabeth (of) Wittelsbach
1443–1484
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1412–1464
Margarete Austria
1416–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1370–1428
Katharina Welf
1389–1422

Johann Saxony's Descendants

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Johann (Friedrich I Of) Saxony (30 Jun 1503–3 Mar 1554) m. Sibylle (Of) Cleves (17 Jul 1512–21 Feb 1554)
  1. 1. Johann (Wilhelm Of) Saxony 1530–1573 m. Dorothea (Susanne Von Der) Pfalz 1544–1592
    1. 1. Marie (Of) Saxony 1571–1610
    2. 2. Sibylle (Marie Of) Saxony 1563–1569
    3. 3. Johann (Of) Saxe-Weimar-Jena 1570–1605 m. Dorothea (Maria Of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1574–1617
      1. 1. Johanna (Von) Sachsen 1606–1609
      2. 2. Bernhard (Of) Franken 1604–1639
      3. 3. Friedrich (Wilhelm Von) Sachsen 1603–1619
      4. 4. Johann (Friedrich Von) Sachsen 1600–1628
      5. 5. Wilhelm (Of) Saxe-Weimar 1598–1662 m. Eleonore (Dorothea Of) Anhalt-Dessau 1602–1664
      6. 6. Johan (Von) Sachsen 1597–1604
      7. 7. Friedrich (Von) Sachsen 1596–1622
      8. 8. Christian (Wilhelm Von) Sachsen 1595–1595
      9. 9. Johann (Ernst Of) Saxe-Weimar 1594–1626
      10. 10. Albrecht (Of) Saxe-Eisenach 1599–1644 m. Dorothea (Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1601–1675
      11. 11. Ernst (I Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1601–1675 m. Elisabeth (Sophia Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1619–1680
        1. 1. Sophia (Elisabeth Of) Saxony 1663–1663
        2. 2. Johanna (Elisabeth Of) Saxony 1660–1660
        3. 3. Dorothea (Marie Of) Saxony 1654–1682
        4. 4. Johanna (Of) Saxony 1645–1657
        5. 5. Sophia (Of) Saxony 1643–1657
        6. 6. Elisabeth (Dorothea Of) Saxe-Gotha 1640–1709 m. Ludwig (VI Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1630–1678
        7. 7. Johann (Philip Of) Saxony 1661–1662
        8. 8. Johann (Ernst Of) Saxe-Saalfeld 1658–1729 m. Charlotte (Johanna Of) Waldeck-Pyrmont 1664–1699 m. Sophia (Of) Saxe-Merseburg 1660–1686
        9. 9. Johann (Philip Of) Saxony 1657–1657
        10. 10. Ernst (Of) Saxe-Hildburghausen 1655–1715 m. Sophia (Of) Waldeck-Eisenberg 1662–1702
        11. 11. Christian (Of) Saxe-Eisenberg 1653–1707 m. Sophie (Marie Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1661–1712 m. Christine (Of) Saxe-Merseburg 1659–1679
        12. 12. Heinrich (Of) Saxe-Romhild 1650–1710 m. Marie (Elisabeth Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1656–1715
        13. 13. Bernhard (I Of) Saxe-Meiningen 1649–1706 m. Elisabeth (Eleonore Of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1658–1729 m. Marie (Hedwig Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1647–1680
        14. 14. Albrecht (Of) Saxony 1648–1699 m. Susanne (Elisabeth Kempinsky Of) Schwisitz-Altenhofen 1643–1717 m. Marie (Elisabeth Of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1638–1687
        15. 15. Friedrich (I Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1646–1691 m. Magdalena (Sibylla Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1648–1681
        16. 16. Christian (Of) Saxony 1642–1642
        17. 17. Johann (Ernst Of) Saxony 1641–1657
        18. 18. Johann (Ernst Of) Saxony 1638–1638
    4. 4. Friedrich (Wilhelm I Of) Saxony 1562–1602 m. Anna (Marie Von) Pfalz-Neuburg 1575–1643 m. Sofie (Von) Wurttemberg 1563–1590
      1. 1. Dorothea (Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1601–1675 m. Albrecht (Of) Saxe-Eisenach 1599–1644
      2. 2. Anna (Marie Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1598–1641 m. Karl (Friedrich z Podiebrad Of) Munsterberg-Ols 1593–1647
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Marie z Podiebrad Of) Munsterberg-Ols 1625–1686 m. Sylvius (Of) Wurttemberg-Weiltingen 1622–1664
      3. 3. Friedrick (Wilhelm II Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1603–1669 m. Magdalene (Sibylle Of) Saxony 1617–1668 m. Sophia (Elisabeth Von Hohenzollern Of) Brandenburg 1616–1650
        1. 1. Johanna (Magdalene Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1656–1686 m. Johann (Adolf I Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1649–1697
        2. 2. Friedrich (Wilhelm III Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1657–1672
        3. 3. Christian (Von) Sachsen 1654–1663
      4. 4. Johann (Wilhelm Of) Saxony 1600–1632
      5. 5. Friedrich (Of) Saxony 1599–1625
      6. 6. Johann (Philipp Of) Saxony 1597–1639 m. Elizabeth Welf 1593–1650
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Sophia Of) Saxe-Altenburg 1619–1680 m. Ernst (I Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1601–1675
      7. 7. Anna (Marie Of) Saxony 1589–1626
      8. 8. Dorothea (Sofie Of) Saxony 1587–1645
      9. 9. Dorothea (Marie Of) Saxony 1584–1586
      10. 10. Friedrich (Of) Saxony 1586–1587
      11. 11. Johann (Wilhelm Of) Saxony 1585–1587
  2. 2. Johann (Friedrich III Of) Saxony 1538–1565
  3. 3. Johann (Ernst Von) Sachsen 1535–1535
  4. 4. Johann (Friedrich II Of) Saxony 1529–1595 m. Palatine (Elisabeth Of) Simmern 1540–1594 m. Agnes (Of) Hesse 1527–1555
    1. 1. Johann (Ernst Of) Saxony 1566–1638 m. Christine (Of) Hesse 1578–1658 m. Elisabeth (Von) Mansfeld 1565–1596
      1. 1. Johann (Friedrich Of) Saxony 1596–1596
    2. 2. Johann (Kasimir Of) Saxony 1564–1633 m. Margarete (Von) Braunschweig-Luneburg 1573–1643 m. Anna (Of) Saxony 1567–1613
    3. 3. Friedrich (Heinrich Of) Saxony 1563–1572
    4. 4. Johann (Friedrich Of) Saxony 1559–1560

Johann Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1503
30 Jun 1503
Birth of Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony in Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
1554
3 Mar 1554
Age 51
Death of Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony in Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany
Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Jun 1503
    Event Place: Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1554
    Event Place: Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany
    Record Source: OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany
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