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John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony 1503–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jun 30, 1503

Birth Location: Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany

Death Date: Mar 03, 1553

Death Location: Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,

Father: John Saxony

Mother: Sofie Schwerin

Spouse(s): Sibylle Kleve

Children(s): Johann WEIMAR, John Saxony

The story of John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony began in 1503 in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany. John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony married Sibylle Von Kleve, and had children including Johann Wilhelm Of Saxe Weimar, John Frederick Ii The Middle Elector Saxony. John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony passed away in 1553 in Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,.

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Biography

  • The story of John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony began in 1503 in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany.
  • John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony married Sibylle Von Kleve, and had children including Johann Wilhelm Of Saxe Weimar, John Frederick Ii The Middle Elector Saxony.
  • John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony passed away in 1553 in Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,.

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John Saxony's Ancestors

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John Saxony
1503–1553
Birth Place: Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Parents
John the Steady Elector Saxony
1468–1532
Meissen, Dresden, Thueringen, Germany
Sofie (of Mecklenburg) Schwerin
1481–1503
Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Sachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Ernst (Elector Of) SAXONY
1441–1486
Meissen, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, ,
Princess (Elisabeth Von Wittlelsbach of) Bavaria
1443–1484
München, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Magnus (II Of Mecklenburg) Schwerin
1441–1503
Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerein, Sachsen, Germany
Sofie (Of) Pomerania
1458–1504
Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1412–1464
Margarethe AUSTRIA
1416–1486
Albert III
1401–1460
Anna BRUNSWICK
1414–1474
Heinrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1417–1477
Dorothea Brandenburg
1420–1491
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ernst Bavaria
1373–1438
Elisabetta Visconti
1374–1432

John Saxony's Descendants

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John (Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector) Saxony (Jun 30, 1503–Mar 03, 1553) m. Sibylle (Von) Kleve (Jan 17, 1512–Feb 21, 1553)
  1. 1. Johann (Wilhelm of SAXE) WEIMAR 1530–1572 m. Dorothea (Susanne of) Simmern 1544–1592
    1. 1. John (Von Saxe) Weimar 1570–1605 m. Dorothea (Marie Von) Anhalt 1574–1617
      1. 1. John (of SAXE) WEIMAR 1597–1604
      2. 2. Ernst (I The Pious of Saxe) Gotha 1601–1675 m. Elisabeth (Sophie vonSachsen) Altenburg 1619–1680
        1. 1. Johann (Ernst von) Sachsen-Saalfeld 1658–1729 m. Charlotte (Johanna von) Waldeck 1664–1699 m. Charlotte (Dorothea of) Waldeck 1663–1664 m. Sofie (Hedwig of Saxony) Merseburg 1660–1686
        2. 2. Elisabeth (Dorothea of Saxe) Gotha 1640–1709
        3. 3. Frederick (I of Saxe Gotha) Altenburg 1646–1691 m. Magdalene (Sibylle Princess of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1648–1681
        4. 4. Albrecht (of Saxe) Coburg 1648–1699
        5. 5. Ernest (III Duke of) Saxe-Hildburghausen 1655–1715 m. Sofie (Henriette Princess of) Waldeck 1662–1702
        6. 6. Bernhard (I of Saxe) Meiningen 1649–1706
        7. 7. Christian (Guilderin Saxe) Eisenberg 1653–1707 m. Elizabeth (Christiane von Sachsen) Merseburg 1659–1679
        8. 8. Heinrich (of Saxe) Roemhild 1650–1710
        9. 9. Dorothea (Marie of) Saxe 1654–1682
        10. 10. Elisabeth DOROTHEA 1640–1709
        11. 11. Frederick (I) WETTIN 1646–1691
        12. 12. John (Ernst) WETTIN 1658–1729
      3. 3. Johann (Ernst Von) Sachsen 1593–1626
      4. 4. Bernard (Saxe) Weimar 1598–1639
      5. 5. Christian (Wilhelm Von) Sachsen 1595–1628
      6. 6. Johanna (of Saxe) Weimar 1606–1609
      7. 7. William (The Great of Sax) Weimar 1598–1662
      8. 8. Johann (Ernst I The Younger) Saxe 1602–1626
  2. 2. John (Frederick II The Middle Elector) Saxony 1529–1595

John Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1503
Jun 30, 1503
Birth of John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
1553
Mar 03, 1553
Age 50
Death of John Frederick I The Magnanimous Elector Saxony in Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,
Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jun 30, 1503
    Event Place: Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 03, 1553
    Event Place: Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany,

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