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Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony 1585–1656 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 Mar 1585

Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland

Death Date: 08 Oct 1656

Death Location: Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

Father: Christian Saxony

Mother: Sophie Saxony

Spouse(s): Magdalena Saxony, Sibylle Saxony

Children(s): Johann Sachsen, Christian Sachsen-Merseburg, Moritz Sachsen-Zeitz, Marie Sachsen, Magdalene Saxe-Altenburg, Augustus Saxe-Weissenfels, Prinzessin Sachsen

The story of Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony began in 1585 in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland. Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony married Magdalena Sybille Van Brandenburg Von Hohenzollern Electress Of Saxony, Sibylle Elisabeth Of Wurttemberg Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Augustus Of Saxe Weissenfels Duke Of Saxe Weissenfels, Christian I Von Sachsen Merseburg, Johann Georg Ii Elector Von Sachsen, Magdalene Sibylle Of Saxony Princess Of Denmark Duchess Of Saxe Altenburg, Marie Elisabeth Von Sachsen, Moritz Von Sachsen Zeitz, Prinzessin Sophie Eleonore Von Sachsen. Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1656 in Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • The story of Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony began in 1585 in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland.
  • Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony married Magdalena Sybille Van Brandenburg Von Hohenzollern Electress Of Saxony, Sibylle Elisabeth Of Wurttemberg Duchess Of Saxony, and had children including Augustus Of Saxe Weissenfels Duke Of Saxe Weissenfels, Christian I Von Sachsen Merseburg, Johann Georg Ii Elector Von Sachsen, Magdalene Sibylle Of Saxony Princess Of Denmark Duchess Of Saxe Altenburg, Marie Elisabeth Von Sachsen, Moritz Von Sachsen Zeitz, Prinzessin Sophie Eleonore Von Sachsen.
  • Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony passed away in 1656 in Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Christian Saxony
1560–1591
Birth Location: Sachsen, Deutschland
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Sophie Saxony
1568–1622
Birth Location: Zechlinerhütte, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Magdalena Saxony
1586–1659
Birth Location: Kaliningrad, Oost-Pruisen, Germany
MS
Sibylle Saxony
1584–1606
Birth Location: –
SS

Children(s)

Johann Sachsen
1613–1680
Birth Location: Dresden, Deutschland
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Christian Sachsen-Merseburg
1615–1691
Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
CS
Moritz Sachsen-Zeitz
1619–1681
Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
MS
Marie Sachsen
1610–1684
Birth Location: Dresden, Saxony, Deutschland
MS
Magdalene Saxe-Altenburg
1617–1668
Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
MS
Augustus Saxe-Weissenfels
1614–1680
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
AS
Prinzessin Sachsen
1609–1671
Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Duitsland
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Johann Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Johann Saxony
1585–1656
Birth Place: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
Parents
Christian I of Saxony, Elector of Saxony
1560–1591
Sachsen, Deutschland
Sophie (Hohenzollern of Brandenburg, Electress of) Saxony
1568–1622
Zechlinerhütte, Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany
Grandparents
August Sachsen-Meissen
1526–1586
Freiburg
Anna (Van) Denemarken
1532–1585
Hadersleben
Johann ((John) George, Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, a staunch Lutheran opposed to the rise of) Calvinism
1525–1598
Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, Prussia
Sabine (Markgrafin von) Brandenburg-Ansbach
1529–1575
Ansbach, Stadt Ansbach, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Maurice Saxony
1521–1553
Agnes Hesse
1527–1555
Joachim Brandenburg
1505–1571
Magdalena Brandenburg
1507–1534
George Brandenburg-Ansbach
1484–1543
Hedwig Münsterberg-Oels
1508–1531
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hendrik Saxony
1473–1541
Catherine Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1487–1561
Joachim Brandenburg
1484–1535
Princess Brandenburg
1485–1555
George Saxony
1471–1539
Barbara Habsburg)
1478–1534

Johann Saxony's Descendants

1.
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Johann (Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of) Saxony (05 Mar 1585–08 Oct 1656) m. Magdalena (Sybille van Brandenburg von Hohenzollern, Electress of) Saxony (31 Dec 1586–12 Feb 1659) m. Sibylle (Elisabeth of Württemberg, Duchess of) Saxony (10 April 1584–20 January 1606)
  1. 1. Johann (Georg II Elector von) Sachsen 1613–1680 m. Magdalena (von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1612–1687
    1. 1. John (George III Elector of) Saxony 1647–1691 m. Anna (Sophia Princess of) Denmark 1647–1717
      1. 1. Augustus (II 'the Strong' Von Saxe-Wittenburg, King of Poland,) "Porcelain" 1670–1733 m. Christiane (Eberhardine, Countess Von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671–1727 m. Ursula (Katharina of) Altenbockum 1680–1743 m. Henriette Renárd
        1. 1. Maurice (de) Saxe-Wittenburg 1696–1750
        2. 2. Frederick (Augustus Rutowsky,) Count 1702–1764
        3. 3. Anna (Karolina Orzelska, Princess of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1707–1769 m. Karl (Ludwig Friedrich von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1690–1774
        4. 4. Johann (Georg Chevalier de) Saxe 1704–1774
        5. 5. Frederick (Augustus von Saxe-Wittenburg, Archduke of) Poland 1696–1763 m. Marie (Josepha of Habsburg Archduchess of Austria, Queen of) Poland 1699–1757
      2. 2. John (George IV Elector of) Saxony 1668–1694
    2. 2. Sibylla (Marie von) Sachsen 1642–1643
    3. 3. Erdmuthe (Sofie von) Sachsen 1644–1670
  2. 2. Christian (I von) Sachsen-Merseburg 1615–1691
  3. 3. Moritz (von) Sachsen-Zeitz 1619–1681
  4. 4. Marie (Elisabeth von) Sachsen 1610–1684
  5. 5. Magdalene (Sibylle of Saxony, Princess of Denmark; Duchess of) Saxe-Altenburg 1617–1668
  6. 6. Augustus (of Saxe-Weissenfels, Duke of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1614–1680
  7. 7. Prinzessin (Sophie Eleonore von) Sachsen 1609–1671 m. Georg (II von Hessen-Darmstadt,) Landgraf 1605–1661
    1. 1. Elisabeth (Amalie Magdalene Van Hesse Darmstadt, Landgravine,) Princess 1635–1709 m. Philip (William De Palatine-Neuburg, Elector & Count of Palatine and) Neuburg 1615–1690
      1. 1. Eléonore (Madeleine de Wittelsbach von Palatinat-Neubourg, Empress of the Holy Roman) Empire 1655–1720 m. Leopold (I Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary & Bohemia, Keizer of) Germany 1640–1705
        1. 1. Charles (VI, Habsburg of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, King of) Germany 1685–1740 m. Élisabeth (Christine Welf House de Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,) Prinzessin 1691–1750
        2. 2. Joseph (I d'Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Bohemia &) Hungary 1678–1711 m. Wilhelmine-Amélie (de) Brunswick-Lunebourg 1673–1742
        3. 3. Marie (Anne Joséphine d'Autriche, Archduchess of Austria; Queen to King John \ Joao V of) Portugal 1683–1754
        4. 4. Princess (Maria Magdalena De Habsburg, Archduchess of) Austria 1689–1743 m. Infante (Francisco, Duke of) Beja 1691–1742
      2. 2. Sir (Wolfgang Neuburg de Wittelsbach, Elector Palatine, Duke of) Breslau 1659–1683
      3. 3. Maria (Adelheid Anna Palatine Neuburg,) Countess 1656–1656
      4. 4. Ludwig (Anton Wittelbach, Bishop of) Worms 1660–1694
      5. 5. Franz (Ludwig Wittelsbach, Archbishop of Trier, Hochmeister of the Teutonic) Order 1664–1732
      6. 6. Sophia (Elisabeth Palatine Neuburg,) Countess 1657–1658
      7. 7. Charles (III Philip Wittelsbach dynasty, Elector and Count of Palatine &) Neuburg 1661–1742 m. Louise (Ludwika Szarlotta) Radziwillowna 1667–1695
        1. 1. Leopoldine (Eleonore Wittelsbach dynasty, Princess of) Palatine 1689–1693
        2. 2. Marie (Anna Princess of) Palatine 1690–1692
      8. 8. Alexander (Sigismund Wittelsbach, Bishop of) Augsburg 1663–1737
      9. 9. Johann (Wilhelm II von Pfalz Neuburg, Elector of) Palatine 1658–1716
      10. 10. Johann (Palatine) Neuburg 1675–1675
      11. 11. Hedwig (Elisabeth of Neuburg, Princess of) Palatine 1673–1722 m. James (Louis) Sobieska 1667–1737
        1. 1. Mary (Clementina) Sobieski 1702–1735 m. James (Francis 'Old Pretender' Stewart, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall; Protestants feared he'd revert to Catholic, raised in exile in France-tried to regain) throne 1688–1766
    2. 2. Ludwig (VI von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1630–1678
      1. 1. Ernst (Ludwig Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1667–1739 m. Dorothea (Charlotte Brandenburg, Princess) of 1661–1705
        1. 1. Louis (VIII Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgrave of) Hesse-Darmstadt 1691–1768 m. Charlotte (Christina Magdalena Johanna van Hanau-Lichtenberg, Countess) of 1700–1726
        2. 2. Dorothea (Sofie Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess) of 1689–1723
        3. 3. Karl (Wilhelm) Hesse-Darmstadt 1693–1707
    3. 3. Georg (von) Hessen-Darmstadt 1632–1676

Johann Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1585
05 Mar 1585
Birth of Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
1656
08 Oct 1656
Age 71
Death of Johann Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Mar 1585
    Event Place: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Oct 1656
    Event Place: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Germany, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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