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Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony 1530–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Mar 1530

Birth Location: Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany

Death Date: 2 Mar 1573

Death Location: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

Father: Johann Saxony

Mother: Sibylle Cleves

Spouse(s): Dorothea Pfalz

Children(s): Marie Saxony, Sibylle Saxony, Johann Saxe-Weimar-Jena, Friedrich Saxony

In 1530, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany, born to Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony And Sibylle Of Cleves. Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony married Dorothea Susanne Von Der Pfalz, and had children including Friedrich Wilhelm I Of Saxony, Johann Of Saxe Weimar Jena, Marie Of Saxony, Sibylle Marie Of Saxony. Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony passed away in 1573 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1530, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany, born to Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony And Sibylle Of Cleves.
  • Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony married Dorothea Susanne Von Der Pfalz, and had children including Friedrich Wilhelm I Of Saxony, Johann Of Saxe Weimar Jena, Marie Of Saxony, Sibylle Marie Of Saxony.
  • Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony passed away in 1573 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Saxony
1503–1554
Birth Location: Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
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Sibylle Cleves
1512–1554
Birth Location: Düsseldorf, Stadtkreis Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Dorothea Pfalz
1544–1592
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Marie Saxony
1571–1610
Birth Location: –
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Sibylle Saxony
1563–1569
Birth Location: –
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Johann Saxe-Weimar-Jena
1570–1605
Birth Location: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany
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Friedrich Saxony
1562–1602
Birth Location: –
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Johann Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Johann Saxony
1530–1573
Birth Place: Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Parents
Johann Friedrich I Of Saxony
1503–1554
Torgau, Sachsen, Prussia
Sibylle (Of) Cleves
1512–1554
Düsseldorf, Stadtkreis Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Of) Saxony
1468–1532
Sophia (of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1481–1503
Great-Grandparents
Ernest Saxony
1441–1486
Elisabeth Wittelsbach
1443–1484
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1412–1464
Margarete Austria
1416–1486

Johann Saxony's Descendants

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Johann (Wilhelm Of) Saxony (11 Mar 1530–2 Mar 1573) m. Dorothea (Susanne Von Der) Pfalz (15 Nov 1544–8 Apr 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
        1. 1. Elisabeth (Dorothea Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1676–1721 m. Friedrich (III Of) Hessen-Homburg 1673–1746
        2. 2. Sophia (Luise Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1670–1758 m. Albrecht (Ernst II Of) Oettingen-Oettingen 1669–1731
        3. 3. Friedrich (Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1677–1708 m. Petronella (Von) Stockmans 1677–1751
        4. 4. Heinrich (Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1674–1741
        5. 5. Johann (Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1672–1673
        6. 6. Philip (Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1671–1736 m. Marie (Therese Von) Croy 1673–1714
        7. 7. George (Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1669–1705
        8. 8. Ernst (Ludwig Of) Hessen-Darmstadt 1667–1739 m. Luise (Sophia Von) Spiegel 1690–1751 m. Dorothea (Charlotte Von Hohenzollern Of) Brandenburg-Ansbach 1661–1705
      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
        1. 1. Christine (Of) Saxe-Eisenberg 1679–1722 m. Philipp (Ernst Of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg 1673–1729
      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
        1. 1. Wilhelmine (Luise Of) Saxe-Meiningen 1686–1753 m. Karl (Of) Wurttemberg-Bernstadt 1682–1745
        2. 2. Anton (Ulrich Of) Sachsen-Meiningen 1687–1763 m. Charlotte (Amalie Of) Hessen-Philippsthal 1730–1801 m. Philippine (Elisabeth) Caesar 1686–1744
        3. 3. Anton (August Von) Sachsen 1684–1684
        4. 4. Marie (Elisabeth Von) Sachsen 1676–1676
        5. 5. Georg (Ernst Von) Sachsen 1680–1699
        6. 6. Friedrich (Wilhelm Of) Saxe-Meiningen 1679–1746
        7. 7. Johann (Georg Von) Sachsen 1677–1678
        8. 8. Johann (Ernst Von) Sachsen 1674–1675
        9. 9. Bernhard (Von) Sachsen 1673–1694
        10. 10. Ernst (Ludwig I Of) Sachsen-Meiningen 1672–1724 m. Dorothea (Marie Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1674–1713
      14. 14. Albrecht (Of) Saxony 1648–1699 m. Susanne (Elisabeth Kempinsky Of) Schwisitz-Altenhofen 1643–1717 m. Marie (Elisabeth Of) Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel 1638–1687
        1. 1. Ernst (August Von) Sachsen 1677–1678
      15. 15. Friedrich (I Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1646–1691 m. Magdalena (Sibylla Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1648–1681
        1. 1. Johanna (Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1680–1704 m. Adolf (Friedrich II Of) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1658–1708
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Von) Sachsen 1679–1680
        3. 3. Friederike (Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1675–1709 m. Johann (August Of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1677–1742
        4. 4. Dorothea (Marie Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1674–1713 m. Ernst (Ludwig I Of) Sachsen-Meiningen 1672–1724
        5. 5. Magdalene (Sibylla Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1671–1673
        6. 6. Anna (Sophia Of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1670–1728 m. Ludwig (Friedrich I Of) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1667–1718
        7. 7. Johann (Wilhelm Von) Sachsen 1677–1707
        8. 8. Friedrich (II Of) Saxe-Gotha 1676–1732 m. Magdalene (Auguste Of) Anhalt-Zerbst 1679–1740
      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
        1. 1. Sophia (Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1684–1752 m. George (Wilhelm Von Hohenzollern Of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1678–1726
        2. 2. Anna (Marie Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1683–1745 m. Erdmann (II Of) Promnitz 1683–1745
        3. 3. Magdalene (Sibylle Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1673–1726 m. Johann (Wilhelm Of) Saxe-Eisenach 1666–1729
        4. 4. Johann (Adolf II Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1685–1746 m. Johannette (Antoine Of) Saxe-Eisenach 1698–1726 m. Friederike (Of) Saxe-Gotha 1715–1775
        5. 5. Christian (Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1682–1736 m. Luise (Christine Of) Stolberg 1675–1738
        6. 6. Friedrich (Wilhelm Von) Sachsen 1681–1681
        7. 7. Johann (George Of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1677–1712 m. Friederike (Elizabeth Of) Saxe-Eisenach 1669–1730
        8. 8. Johann (Adolf Von) Sachsen 1676–1676
        9. 9. August (Friedrich Von) Sachsen 1674–1675
      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

Johann Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1530
11 Mar 1530
Birth of Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony in Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
1573
2 Mar 1573
Age 43
Death of Johann Wilhelm Of Saxony in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany
Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1530
    Event Place: Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: 1566

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1573
    Event Place: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany
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