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John Ernest Saxony 1521–1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 May 1521

Birth Location: Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany

Death Date: 8 Feb 1553

Death Location: Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany

Father: Johann (4thC16XR)

Mother: Margarete Kothen

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In 1521, John Ernest Saxony entered the world in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany, born to Johann The Steady Elector Of Saxony 4Thc16Xr And Margarete Anhalt Kothen. John Ernest Saxony passed away in 1553 in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1521, John Ernest Saxony entered the world in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany, born to Johann The Steady Elector Of Saxony 4Thc16Xr And Margarete Anhalt Kothen.
  • John Ernest Saxony passed away in 1553 in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany.

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John Saxony's Ancestors

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John Saxony
1521–1553
Birth Place: Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany
Parents
Johann "The Steady" Elector of Saxony (4thC16XR)
1468–1532
Meissen, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Margarete (Anhalt) Kothen
1494–1521
Weimar, Thueringen, Germany
Grandparents
Ernst (, Elector of Saxony (3rdC17XR) (Y-DNA) R1b1a1b1a1a1a)
1441–1486
Meissen, Dresden, Thueringen, Electorate of Saxony
Elisabeth (of) Bavaria
1443–1486
Mhunchen, Oberbayern, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Saxony
1412–1464
Margaret (3rdC20XR)
1416–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frederick (1stC19XR)
1370–1428
Katharine Luneburg
1389–1442
Ernst Habsburg
1377–1424
Cymburgis Masovia
1394–1429

John Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1521
10 May 1521
Birth of John Ernest Saxony in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany
Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany
1553
8 Feb 1553
Age 32
Death of John Ernest Saxony in Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany
Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 May 1521
    Event Place: Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1553
    Event Place: Gotha, Delitzsch, Sachsen, Germany

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