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Katharina Princess of Saxony 1421–1476 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1421

Birth Location: Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

Death Date: 23 Aug 1476

Death Location: Potsdam-Mittelmarker Landkreis, Brandenburg, Germany

Father: Friedrich Sachsen

Mother: Princess Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Spouse(s): Achilles III, Frederick Hohenzollern, Heinrich Schwerin

Children(s): Dorothea Brandenburg, Ursula Hohenzollern, Erasmus Brandenburg, Johann Brandenburg, Lady Thüringen, Margaretha Brandenburg, Dorothea Brandenburg, Margarethe Brandenburg, Dorothea Brandenburg

Katharina Princess of Saxony was born in 1421 in Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, the child of Friedrich I De Strijdbare Von Sachsen And Princess Katharina Von Braunschweig Luneburg. Katharina Princess of Saxony married Achilles Albert Iii, Frederick Ii The Iron Or Irontooth Van Brandenburg Hohenzollern, Heinrich Fat Mecklenburg Schwerin, and had children including Dorothea Van Brandenburg, Dorothea Von Brandenburg, Erasmus Hohenzollern Brandenburg, Johann Margrave Of Brandenburg, Lady Margaret Von Sachsen Kurfurstin Von Brandenburg Prinzessin Von Thuringen, Margaretha Prinses Van Brandenburg, Margarethe Van Brandenburg, Ursula Herzogin Munsterberg Oels Grafin Glatz Prinzessin Von Brandenburg Von Hohenzollern. Katharina Princess of Saxony passed away in 1476 in Potsdam-Mittelmarker Landkreis, Brandenburg, Germany.

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Biography

  • Katharina Princess of Saxony was born in 1421 in Saxony (Sachsen), Germany, the child of Friedrich I De Strijdbare Von Sachsen And Princess Katharina Von Braunschweig Luneburg.
  • Katharina Princess of Saxony married Achilles Albert Iii, Frederick Ii The Iron Or Irontooth Van Brandenburg Hohenzollern, Heinrich Fat Mecklenburg Schwerin, and had children including Dorothea Van Brandenburg, Dorothea Von Brandenburg, Erasmus Hohenzollern Brandenburg, Johann Margrave Of Brandenburg, Lady Margaret Von Sachsen Kurfurstin Von Brandenburg Prinzessin Von Thuringen, Margaretha Prinses Van Brandenburg, Margarethe Van Brandenburg, Ursula Herzogin Munsterberg Oels Grafin Glatz Prinzessin Von Brandenburg Von Hohenzollern.
  • Katharina Princess of Saxony passed away in 1476 in Potsdam-Mittelmarker Landkreis, Brandenburg, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Katharina Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Katharina Saxony
1421–1476
Birth Place: Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Parents
Friedrich I De Strijdbare Von Sachsen
1370–1428
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Princess (Katharina von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1402–1442
Luneburg,,,Brunswick
Grandparents
Friedrich ('der von MEISSEN) III
1332–1381
Dresden, Sachsen, Duitsland
Katharina (von) HENNEBERG
1334–1397
Schleusingen
Heinrich (Von) Braunschweig-Göttingen
1370–1416
Wolfenbuttel
Sophia (Von) Pommern
1370–1406
Barth,,,Pomerania
Great-Grandparents
Magnus Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1328–1373
Catharine Anhalt-Bernburg
1322–1390
Wartislaw Pommern-rügen
1345–1394
Anna Mecklenburg-stargard
1346–1399
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Katharina Saxony's Descendants

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Katharina (Princess of) Saxony (1421–23 Aug 1476) m. Achilles (Albert) III (24 Nov 1414–11 March 1486) m. Frederick (II "The Iron or Irontooth" van Brandenburg) Hohenzollern (19 Nov 1413–10 Feb 1471) m. Heinrich (Fat Mecklenburg) Schwerin (1417–9 MAR 1477)
  1. 1. Dorothea (van) Brandenburg 1430–1495 m. Christian (I King of) Denmark 1426–1481
    1. 1. Margaret (of Denmark von) Oldenburg 1456–1486 m. King (JAMES III) STEWART 1451–1488
      1. 1. Isabel (Sofia (Graunt)) Stuart 1475–1530 m. George Allen 1475–1530
        1. 1. Isabella (Sophia) Allen 1495–1554 m. Sir. (William Brand) II 1496–1582
      2. 2. Alexander (Earl Mar and Garoich) Stewart 1474–1485
      3. 3. Margaret (Elizabeth) Stewart 1470–1520
      4. 4. Lady (Annabella Stewart (Scotland) Countess) 1442–1509
      5. 5. John (Mar) Stewart 1440–1512
      6. 6. Mary Stewart 1452–1488
      7. 7. James, (Duke of Ross,) Stewart 1473–1513
      8. 8. James (Archbishop Saint) Andrews 1475–1503
      9. 9. Margaret (Elizabeth) Stewart 1457–1520
      10. 10. Margaret Stewart 1471–1512
      11. 11. Archibald Douglas 1472–1513
      12. 12. Margaret Stewart 1471–1557
      13. 13. Alexander ((of Greenan)) Stewart 1473–1513
    2. 2. Johann (I Van) Denemarken 1455–1513
    3. 3. Christian (Frederick II of Norway "King Denmark, the Wends & the Goths") Oldenburg 1471–1533
    4. 4. King (Hans I of Denmark, Norway & Sweden) Oldenburg 1455–1486
    5. 5. Knut (Birgersson van) Denemarken 1451–1455
    6. 6. Oluf (van) Denemarken 1450–1451
    7. 7. Olaf (Oldenburg and) Denmark 1450–1451
    8. 8. Elisabeth (of Denmark Norway) Sweden 1450–1451
    9. 9. Canute (Von Oldenburg ( von Dänemark) ) 1451–1455
    10. 10. Lady (Margaret Murray Baroness Achterhouse Countess) Buchan 1446–1486
  2. 2. Ursula (Herzogin Münsterberg Oels Gräfin Glatz Prinzessin von Brandenburg von) Hohenzollern 1450–1510
  3. 3. Erasmus (Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1454–1464
  4. 4. Johann (Margrave Of) Brandenburg 1452–1454
  5. 5. Lady (Margaret Von Sachsen, Kurfürstin Von Brandenburg, Prinzessin Von) Thüringen 1449–1500
  6. 6. Margaretha (Prinses Van) Brandenburg 1446–1518
  7. 7. Dorothea (Von) Brandenburg 1446–1519
  8. 8. Margarethe (van) Brandenburg 1446–1489
  9. 9. Dorothea (van) Brandenburg 1448–1519

Katharina Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1421
1421
Birth of Katharina Princess of Saxony in Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
1476
23 Aug 1476
Age 55
Death of Katharina Princess of Saxony in Leisnig, Leipzig, Thueringen, Germany
Leisnig, Leipzig, Thueringen, Germany

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1421
    Event Place: Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760931
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: of Saxony
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760931

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Aug 1476
    Event Place: Leisnig, Leipzig, Thueringen, Germany
    Record Source:
    [1] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 760931
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Potsdam-Mittelmarker Landkreis, Brandenburg, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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