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Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony 1481–1503 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Dec 1481

Birth Location: Germany

Death Date: 12 Jul 1503

Death Location: Torgau, Nordsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

Father: Magnus of

Mother: Sophia Stettin

Spouse(s): Johann 1527

Children(s): Johann League

Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony was born in 1481 in Germany, the child of Magnus Ii Mecklenburg Schwerin Gustrow Duke Of And Sophia Griffins Pommern Stettin. Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony married Johann John The Steadfast Von Wettin Elector Of Sachsen Made The Lutheran Church The Official State Church In Saxony In 1527, and had children including Johann John Friedrich I The Magnanimous Wettin Family Duke Kurfurst Von Sachsen Elector Head Of The Schmalkaldic Lutheran League. Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony passed away in 1503 in Torgau, Nordsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

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  • Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony was born in 1481 in Germany, the child of Magnus Ii Mecklenburg Schwerin Gustrow Duke Of And Sophia Griffins Pommern Stettin.
  • Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony married Johann John The Steadfast Von Wettin Elector Of Sachsen Made The Lutheran Church The Official State Church In Saxony In 1527, and had children including Johann John Friedrich I The Magnanimous Wettin Family Duke Kurfurst Von Sachsen Elector Head Of The Schmalkaldic Lutheran League.
  • Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony passed away in 1503 in Torgau, Nordsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sophie Saxony's Ancestors

Self
Sophie Saxony
1481–1503
Birth Place: Germany
Parents
Magnus II Mecklenburg Schwerin Güstrow, Duke of
1441–1503
Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Sophia (Griffins Pommern) Stettin
1460–1504
Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland
Grandparents
Heinrich (Henry IV 'the Fat' Mecklenburg, Herzog von) Obodriten
1417–1477
Schwerin, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Sachsen, Germany
Dorothea (von) Brandenburg
1420–1491
Cadolzburg
Great-Grandparents
Friedrich I
1372–1440
Elisabeth Bayern-Landshut
1383–1442
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Friedrich Nurnberg
1333–1398
Elisabeth Nuremberg
1329–1375

Sophie Saxony's Descendants

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Sophie (von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of) Saxony (18 Dec 1481–12 Jul 1503) m. Johann (John 'the Steadfast' von Wettin, Elector of Sachsen, made the Lutheran church the official state church in Saxony in) 1527 (30 Jun 1468–16 Aug 1532)
  1. 1. Johann (John Friedrich I 'the Magnanimous' Wettin family, Duke & Kurfürst von Sachsen(Elector), head of the Schmalkaldic (Lutheran)) League 1503–1554 m. Sibylle (House of La Marck von Jülich-Kleve (Cleves)-Berg, Electress of) Saxony 1512–1554
    1. 1. Johann (Friedrich II von) Sachsen-Gotha 1529–1595
    2. 2. Johann (Wilhelm I Maria von) Sachsen-Weimar 1530–1573 m. Dorothea (Susanne von der) Pfalz-Simmern 1544–1592
      1. 1. Johann (III von Sachsen-Weimar, Tod Herzog von) Sachsen-Weimar 1570–1605 m. Dorothea (Maria von Anhalt-Zeebrest, daughter of Holy German) See 1574–1617
        1. 1. Ernst (I 'the Pious' Wettin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and) Saxe-Altenburg 1601–1675 m. Elisabeth (Sophia Wettin von) Sachsen-Altenburg 1619–1680
        2. 2. Wilhelm (IV von Sachsen-Weimar, Herzog von) Sachsen-Weimar 1598–1662 m. Eleonore (Dorothea von von) Anhalt 1602–1664
        3. 3. Albrecht (von Sachsen-Eisenach, Herzog von) Sachsen-Eisenach 1599–1644
      2. 2. Friedrich (Wilhelm I von von) Sachsen 1562–1602

Sophie Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1481
18 Dec 1481
Birth of Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony in Germany
Germany
1503
12 Jul 1503
Age 22
Death of Sophie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1481
    Event Place: Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jul 1503
    Event Place: Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Torgau, Nordsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

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