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John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony 1503–1554 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Jun 1503

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

Death Date: 3 Mar 1554

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

Father: John Sachsen

Mother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Spouse(s): Anne QUEEN, Sibylle (LaMarck), Sybille Cleves

Children(s): John Saxony, Johann Gotha, John Saxony, Johann Weimar

In 1503, John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany, born to John The Steadfast Wettin Sachsen And Sophie Duchess Of Mecklenburg Schwerin. John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony married Anne Of Cleves Boleyn Tudor 4Th Wife Queen, Sibylle Von Julich Kleve Berg Lamarck, Sybille Of Cleves, and had children including Johann Frederick Of Saxe Gotha, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxe Weimar, John Ernest Of Saxony, John Frederick Ii The Middle Elector Saxony. John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony passed away in 1554 in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1503, John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony entered the world in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany, born to John The Steadfast Wettin Sachsen And Sophie Duchess Of Mecklenburg Schwerin.
  • John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony married Anne Of Cleves Boleyn Tudor 4Th Wife Queen, Sibylle Von Julich Kleve Berg Lamarck, Sybille Of Cleves, and had children including Johann Frederick Of Saxe Gotha, Johann Wilhelm Of Saxe Weimar, John Ernest Of Saxony, John Frederick Ii The Middle Elector Saxony.
  • John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony passed away in 1554 in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany.

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John Saxony's Ancestors

Self
John Saxony
1503–1554
Birth Place: Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Parents
John "the Steadfast" Wettin Sachsen
1468–1532
Meissen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Sophie (Duchess of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1481–1503
Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Grandparents
Magnus (II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Gustrow) *
1441–1503
Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Sophie (de) Poméranie
1460–1504
Köslin, Burg Köslin, Koszalin, Powiat Koszaliński, Woiwodschaft Westpommern, Polen.
Great-Grandparents
Heinrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1417–1477
Dorothea, Schwerin
1420–1491
Erik II
1425–1474
Sophia Pommeren-Stolp
1435–1494
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Wratislau Pommeren-Wolgast
1400–1457
Sophia Saksen-Lauenburg
1395–1457
BOGISLAV Hertig
1407–1446
Maria Czersk
1410–1454

John Saxony's Descendants

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John (Frederick I Magnanimous Elector) Saxony (30 Jun 1503–3 Mar 1554) m. Anne (of Cleves Boleyn Tudor (4th wife)) QUEEN (22 Sep 1515–16 July 1557) m. Sibylle (von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) (LaMarck) (17 July 1512–21 February 1554) m. Sybille (of) Cleves (17 January 1512–21 February 1554)
  1. 1. John (Ernest of) Saxony 1535–1535
  2. 2. Johann (Frederick of Saxe) Gotha 1538–1565
  3. 3. John (Frederick II The Middle Elector) Saxony 1529–1595
  4. 4. Johann (Wilhelm of Saxe) Weimar 1530–1573

John Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1503
30 Jun 1503
Birth of John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
1554
3 Mar 1554
Age 51
Death of John Frederick I Magnanimous Elector Saxony in Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany
Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1554
    Event Place: Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Sachsen, Germany

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