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Wilhelm III von Sachsen 1425–1482 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 30 Apr 1425

Birth Location: Meissen, Duchy of Saxony

Death Date: 17 Sep 1482

Death Location: Weimar, Germanyu

Father: Friedrich Hohenzollern

Mother: Katharina Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Spouse(s): Anna Habsburg, Katharina Brandenstein

Children(s): Margarete Sachsen, Katharina Sachsen, Katherine Brandenburg

The story of Wilhelm III von Sachsen began in 1425 in Meissen, Duchy of Saxony. Wilhelm III von Sachsen married Anna Von Habsburg, Katharina Von Brandenstein, and had children including Katharina Von Sachsen, Katherine Von Brandenburg, Margarete Von Sachsen. Wilhelm III von Sachsen passed away in 1482 in Weimar, Germanyu.

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Biography

  • The story of Wilhelm III von Sachsen began in 1425 in Meissen, Duchy of Saxony.
  • Wilhelm III von Sachsen married Anna Von Habsburg, Katharina Von Brandenstein, and had children including Katharina Von Sachsen, Katherine Von Brandenburg, Margarete Von Sachsen.
  • Wilhelm III von Sachsen passed away in 1482 in Weimar, Germanyu.

Immediate Family

Parents

Friedrich Hohenzollern
1371–1440
Birth Location: Nürnberg, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
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Katharina Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1395–1442
Birth Location: Bardowick, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Anna Habsburg
1432–1446
Birth Location: Vienna, Austria
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Katharina Brandenstein
1427–1492
Birth Location: Oppurg, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Thüringen, Deutschland
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Children(s)

Margarete Sachsen
1449–1501
Birth Location: Weimar, Weimar, Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany
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Katharina Sachsen
1453–1509
Birth Location: Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
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Katherine Brandenburg
1454–
Birth Location: Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
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Wilhelm Sachsen's Ancestors

Self
Wilhelm Sachsen
1425–1482
Birth Place: Meissen, Duchy of Saxony
Parents
Friedrich I von Hohenzollern
1371–1440
Nürnberg, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Katharina (von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1395–1442
Bardowick, Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Friedrich (V von) Hohenzollern
1333–1398
Dresden, Dresden, Saxony
Elisabeth (von) Meißen
1329–1375
Eisenach, Stadt Eisenach, Thueringen, Germany
Heinrich (II Herzog von) Braunschweig-Lüneburg
1355–1416
Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Sophie (von Pommern Wolgast) Rugen
1360–1406
Barth, Franzburg, Pommern, Preußen, Alemanha
Great-Grandparents
Johan Hohenzollern
–1357
Elisabeth Henneberg
1319–1389
Friedrich II
1310–1349
Mathilda
1313–1346
Magnus Braunschweig
1324–1373
Katharine Anhalt-Bernburg
1332–1390
Wartislaw VI
1345–1394
Anna, Stargard
1345–1397
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frederik Hohenzollern
1287–1332
Margarethe Karinthië
–1348
Heinrich Schleusingen
1300–1347
Judith Salzwedel
1275–1353
Friedrich Meißen
1257–1323
Elisabeth Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk
1282–1359
Ludwig Empire
1282–1347
Beatrix Schlesien-Schweidnitz
1290–1320
Magnus Braunschweig
1304–1369
Sofie Brandenburg
1300–1356
Bernhard ANHALT-BERNBOURG
1291–1348
Agnes Sachsen-Wittenberg
1309–1338
Barnim Pommern-Wolgast
1325–1365
Sophie Werle
1329–1364
Johann Mecklenburg
1321–1392

Wilhelm Sachsen's Descendants

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Wilhelm (III von) Sachsen (30 Apr 1425–17 Sep 1482) m. Anna (von) Habsburg (12 Apr 1432–1446) m. Katharina (von) Brandenstein (1427–Nov 1492)
  1. 1. Margarete (von) Sachsen 1449–1501 m. Johann (Cicero von) Hohenzollern 1455–1499
    1. 1. Alice Shelton 1454–1478 m. Edmond Bedingfield 1443–1496
      1. 1. Margaret Bedingfelde 1465–1504 m. John Everard 1452–1508 m. Edward Jerningham 1462–1515 m. Philip Booth 1455–
        1. 1. Anne Everard 1487–1538 m. Edward (Echingham or) Ichingham 1475–1527
        2. 2. Olyva Everard 1482– m. John Tasborough 1480–
        3. 3. John Everard 1499– m. Elizabeth Apliard 1503–1599
        4. 4. Henry Jernegan 1500–
        5. 5. Nicholas Jernegan 1500–
        6. 6. Margaret Everard 1507–
        7. 7. Robert Jernegan –1528
    2. 2. Wolfgang (Erbprinz von Brandenburg von) Hohenzollern 1447–1450
    3. 3. Elizabeth (of) Shelton 1451–1456
    4. 4. Sir (John Lord) Shelton 1451–1499
    5. 5. Ralph (Knight Garter) Shelton 1451–1500
    6. 6. Alice ((Heveningham)) Shelton 1454–1546
    7. 7. Margaret Shelton 1456–
    8. 8. Alice Shelton 1460–1456
    9. 9. Elizabeth Shelton 1451–1482
    10. 10. Richard Shelton 1467–1538
    11. 11. Elizabeth Shelton 1467–1546
    12. 12. Fredrik (av Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1467–
    13. 13. Sigmund (Av Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1468–
    14. 14. Alice Shelton 1470–1546 m. John Heveningham 1469–1536
    15. 15. Margeret Shelton 1471–
    16. 16. Casimir Hohenzollern 1475–
    17. 17. Margravine Hohenzollern 1480–1482
    18. 18. Margravine (Of) Brandenburg 1480–1482
    19. 19. Tochter (Hohenzollern av) Brandenburg 1480–1482
    20. 20. Elizabeth Shelton 1481–1486
    21. 21. Ralph Shelton 1481–1592
    22. 22. Wolfgang (Margrave) Hohenzollern 1482–1482
    23. 23. Jakob (De) Brandeburg 1482–1482
    24. 24. Jakob Hohenzollern 1482–1482
    25. 25. Richard Shelton 1483–1539
    26. 26. Dorothy Shelton 1484–2006
    27. 27. Elisabeth (Margravine von Hohenzollern) Brandenburg 1486–1486
    28. 28. Albrecht (von Preussen von) Hohenzollern 1490–1568 m. Dorothea Oldenburg 1504–1547 m. Anna (Maria von) Braunschweig-Kalenberg 1532–1568
    29. 29. Albert (Cardinal-Archbishop of Mainz & Magdeburg) Hohenzollern 1490–1545
    30. 30. Ralph Shelton 1539–
    31. 31. William Shelton 1573–
  2. 2. Katharina (von) Sachsen 1453–1509 m. Heinrich (of) Bohmenia 1452–1492
  3. 3. Katherine (von) Brandenburg 1454– m. Henry Edson 1455–1517

Wilhelm Sachsen's Timeline

2 Records

1425
30 Apr 1425
Birth of Wilhelm III von Sachsen in Meissen, Duchy of Saxony
Meissen, Duchy of Saxony
1482
17 Sep 1482
Age 57
Death of Wilhelm III von Sachsen in Weimar, Germanyu
Weimar, Germanyu

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1425
    Event Place: Meissen, Duchy of Saxony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Sep 1482
    Event Place: Weimar, Germanyu
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