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Sophie von Brandenburg

Birth: 6 Jun 1568
Death: 7 Dec 1622 (aged 54)
Burial: Dom St. Marien zu Freiberg

Freiberg, Landkreis Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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She was the daughter of Johann Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1525-1598) and his second wife Sabina von Ansbach (1548–1575). She married Christian I., Elector of Saxony on 25 April 1582. They had seven children.

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Johann Georg von Brandenburg

1525–1598
Sabine von Brandenburg-Ansbach

1529–1575

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Christian I. von Sachsen

1560–1591

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Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg

1555–1557
Erdmuthe von Brandenburg

1561–1623
Anna Maria von Brandenburg

1567–1618

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Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg

1546–1608
Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth

1581–1655
Magdalene von Brandenburg

1582–1616
Joachim Ernst von Brandenburg-Ansbach

1583–1625
Agnes von Brandenburg

1584–1629
Friedrich von Brandenburg

1588–1611
Elisabeth Sophie Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg

1589–1629
Dorothea Sibylle Von Brandenburg

1590–1625
Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg

1591–1615
Johann von Brandenburg

1597–1627

Children

Christian II. von Sachsen

1583–1611
Johann Georg I. von Sachsen

1585–1656
Anna Sabina von Sachsen

1586–1586
Sophie von Sachsen

1587–1635
Elisabeth von Sachsen

1588–1589
August von Sachsen

1589–1615
Dorothea von Sachsen

1591–1617

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Sophie von Brandenburg (6:06 * 1568, † 1622) , "Judith of Saxony"
was the daughter of the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg and wife of the Elector Christian I of Saxony (wedding on April 25, 1582 Dresden). With not even 14, she is married off from Berlin to Dresden. At 15, she gets her first child, the later Elector Christian II
was 23 years (1591 had been born 7 children) her husband died 31 years old. Far-reaching decisions to make for the young woman.
But her father is on her side: Johann Georg (* September 11, 1525 in [Berlin]-Colin, † January 8, 1598 in [Berlin]-Colin), was from 1571 to Elector of Brandenburg to his death. Took over after the death of Elector Christian I of Saxony (1586-1591), along with Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar (1562-1602) the administration of Saxony.
Sophie had seven children, including Christian II (1583 * 23:09 ), Johann Georg I (* 5:03 1585th as orthodox Lutheran, she fought the Kryptokalvinismus in Saxony had, after Christian's death (25.09 1591), whose Chancellor Nicholas Krell at the fortress Königstein imprison and put to death in 1601 at the New Market.
The orthodox Lutherans celebrate it leave as "Judith of Saxony." She hated Krell baptized mainly because he had persuaded the electors, their youngest daughter Dorothea (* 7:01 1591) without exorcism (exorcism).
Sophie lived as a widow in the "Mother House" or castle Colditz, had its own mint coins (Sophienducaten), let the old Franciscan church again mr layers for Divine Worship (1599-1610), which was named Sophie for her church.

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Sophie von Brandenburg

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Johann Georg von Brandenburg

Sabine von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Christian I. von Sachsen

Georg Albrecht von Brandenburg

Erdmuthe von Brandenburg

Anna Maria von Brandenburg

Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg

Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Magdalene von Brandenburg

Joachim Ernst von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Agnes von Brandenburg

Friedrich von Brandenburg

Elisabeth Sophie Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg

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Johann von Brandenburg

Christian II. von Sachsen

Johann Georg I. von Sachsen

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Sophie von Sachsen

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