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{geni:about_me} '''Jerzy II brzeski''' (Jerzy II WspaniaXy) X syn Fryderyka II legnickiego i Zofii Hohenzollern. [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_II_brzeski Wikipedia PL]

Jerzy giftet seg med Barbara Hohenzollern Barbara von Brandenburg 15 Feb 1545, Berlin, Germany. Barbara (datter av Joachim II Hector von Brandenburg, kurfürst og Magdalene von Sachsen, Wettin, Kurfürstin zu Brandenburg) ble født 10 Aug 1527 , Berlin, Germany; døde 2 Jan 1595, ,Brzeg,Opole,Poland; ble begravet 31 Jan 1595, ,Brzeg,Opole,Poland. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} '''Barbara von Brandenburg''' - war eine '''Prinzessin von Brandenburg''' und durch Heirat Herzogin des niederschlesischen '''Herzogtums Brieg'''. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_von_Brandenburg_%281527%E2%80%931595%29 Wikipedia DE]

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{geni:about_me} '''Fryderyk II''' X '''ksiXXX legnicki, brzeski, Xcinawski i gXogowski''', przedstawiciel XlXskiej gaXXzi dynastii Piastów, zwany w tradycji legnickiej "wielkim". [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_I_Brzeski Wikipedia PL]

Fryderyk giftet seg med Zofia Hohenzollern Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach 14 Nov 1518. Zofia (datter av Friedrich II (V) von Brandenburg, Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach und Bra og Sofia Jagiellonica Zofia Jagiellonka) ble født 10 Mar 1485 , Ansbach, Mittelfranken, Freistaat Bayern, Germany; døde 14 Mai 1537, Legnica, DolnoXlXskie, Poland; ble begravet , klasztor kartuzów. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} '''Sophie von Brandenburg-Ansbach''' - war eine '''Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach''' und wurde durch Heirat '''Herzogin von Liegnitz'''. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_von_Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach Wikipedia DE]

'''Zofia ksiXXna legnicka''' - '''margrabianka brandenburska''' na Ansbach, '''pani na Legnicy'''. [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Hohenzollern_%281485-1537%29 Wikipedia PL]

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{geni:occupation} Kurfurste i Brandenburg 1535-71

{geni:about_me} ==Links:==
*[http://thepeerage.com/p10234.htm#i102336 The Peerage]
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*'''Elector of Brandenburg''' 1535X1571
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/profile/index/4104286 Joachim I Cicero] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/profile/index/4256579394210070288 Johann Georg]
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_II_Hector,_Elector_of_Brandenburg English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_II._(Brandenburg)_ Deutsch]

Joachim giftet seg med Magdalene von Sachsen, Wettin, Kurfürstin zu Brandenburg 6 Nov 1524, Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR). Magdalene (datter av Georg "der Bärtige" von Sachsen og Barbara of Poland) ble født 7 Mar 1507 , Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland(HRR); døde 25 Jan 1534, Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} Links:

Thepeerage: http://thepeerage.com/p11139.htm#i111387

Geneall: http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=2669

English:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_of_Saxony

Deutsch: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_von_Sachsen_(1507%E2%80%931534)

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Magdalena of Saxony

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Spouse Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

Issue

John George, Elector of Brandenburg

Barbara

Elisabeth

Friedrich, Archbishop of Magdeburg

Albrecht

Georg

Paul

House House of Wettin

House of Hohenzollern

Father George, Duke of Saxony

Mother Barbara of Poland

Born 7 March 1507

Dresden

Died 25 January 1534 (aged 26)

Magdalena of Saxony (7 March 1507 X 25 January 1534) was Margravine of Brandenburg, its "Electoral Princess", the Electoral equivalent of a crown princess.

She was the daughter of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony and his wife Barbara. Magdalena's maternal grandparents were Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and his wife queen Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of Albert II of Germany.

She was a granddaughter of the Elisabeth aforementioned,mother of the Jagiellonians, queen of Poland, who had claimed the Duchy of Luxembourg in 1460s as being the younger daughter of the last Luxembourg heiress Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Queen of Bohemia. Though by no means an heiress of her grandmother, she was intended to wed the heir of her grandmother's older sister. Joachim (1505X1571), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir oftheir current claimant of Luxembourg, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg (1484X1535), the eldest son and heir of the late Margaret of Thuringia (1449X1501), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiressof Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg and William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia.

Magdalena was thus married, at Dresden, on 6 November 1524, to her second cousin's son Joachim Hector, the future Elector of Brandenburg. Their son was the future John George, the future Elector of Brandenburg. After Magdalena's death which occurred well before Joachim ascended the electorate, Joachim II Hector married Hedwig Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland.
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Magdalena was Joachim's 1st Wife.

Magdalena of Saxony (7 March 1507 X 25 January 1534) was Margravine of Brandenburg, its "Electoral Princess", the Electoral equivalent of a crown princess.

She was the daughter of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony and his wife Barbara. Magdalena's maternal grandparents were Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and his wife queen Elisabeth of Austria, daughter of Albert II of Germany.

She was a granddaughter of the Elisabeth aforementioned,mother of the Jagiellonians, queen of Poland, who had claimed the Duchy of Luxembourg in 1460s as being the younger daughter of the last Luxembourg heiress Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Queen of Bohemia. Though by no means an heiress of her grandmother, she was intended to wed the heir of her grandmother's older sister. Joachim (1505X1571), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir oftheir current claimant of Luxembourg, Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg (1484X1535), the eldest son and heir of the late Margaret of Thuringia (1449X1501), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiressof Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg and William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia.

Magdalena was thus married, at Dresden, on 6 November 1524, to her second cousin's son Joachim Hector, the future Elector of Brandenburg. Their son was the future John George, the future Elector of Brandenburg. After Magdalena's death which occurred well before Joachim ascended the electorate, Joachim II Hector married Hedwig Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland.

Notater:

{geni:about_me} '''Fryderyk I''' X '''ksiXXX brzeski i legnicki''' z dynastii Piastów. [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_I_Legnicki Wikipedia PL]

[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=136812 Geneall]

'''Wikipedia:'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Legnica English]
[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_I._(Liegnitz)_ Deutsch]

Friedrich giftet seg med Ludmilla Von ROZMITAL, Herzogin zu von Liegnitz-Lüben. Ludmilla ble født 16 Okt 1456; døde 20 Jan 1503, Legnica, DolnoXlXskie, Poland. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} '''LudmiXa Podiebrad''' X '''ksiXXna legnicka'''. [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmi%C5%82a_Podiebrad Wikipedia PL]

[http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=136813 Geneall]

'''Wikipedia:'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmila_of_Pod%C4%9Bbrady English]
[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludmilla_von_Podiebrad Deutsch]

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{geni:about_me} ==Links:==

*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p11471.htm#i114703 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=136952 Geneall]
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_II._%28Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach%29 Deutsch]
*'''Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach''' Reign 1486X1536
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000003858554079 Albrecht Achilles] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000003410663065 Georg]
*'''Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach''' Reign 1495X151
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000006727790862 Siegmund] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000001504715031 Kasimir]

Friedrich giftet seg med Sofia Jagiellonica Zofia Jagiellonka 14 Feb 1479, ,Frankfurt An Der Oder,Brandenburg,Prussia. Sofia ble født 6 Mai 1464 , Kraków, Poland; døde 5 Okt 1512, Ansbach, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Deutschland(HRR); ble begravet , Heilsbronn, Brandenburg-Ansbach, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} '''Links'''

[http://www.thepeerage.com/p4061.htm#i40601 The Peerage]

[http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=136953 Geneall]

'''Wikipedia:'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Jagiellon,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach English]
[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zofia_Jagiellonka_(1464-1512)_ Polski]
[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Jagiellonica Deutsch]

Invalid endowment temple code: IFALLS/20.

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{geni:occupation} Elector of Brandenburg, Kurfurste i Brandenburg 1499-1535

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*[http://thepeerage.com/p10875.htm#i108741 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=2434 Geneall]
*'''Elector of Brandenburg''' 1499X1535
>'''Predecessor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/6000000003858815852 Johann Cicero] '''Successor:''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/4256545493770064385 Joachim II Hector]
*'''Wikpedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_I_Nestor,_Elector_of_Brandenburg English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_I._(Brandenburg)_ Deutsch]

Joachim giftet seg med Elisabeth af Danmark og Norge, von Oldenburg, Kurfürstin zu Brandenburg 10 Apr 1502, Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland. Elisabeth (datter av Johan (Hans I) af Danmark og Norge von Oldenburg, Konge af Danmark, Norge og Sverige og Christina Sachsen, Wettin, Dronning til Danmark, Norge och Sverige) ble født 24 Jun 1485 , Nyborg slot; døde 11 Jun 1555, Cölln a. d. Spree, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR). [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me}
==Links:==

*[http://thepeerage.com/p10553.htm#i105528 The Peerage]
*[http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=2440 Geneall]
*'''Wikipedia:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Denmark,_Norway,_and_Sweden English ] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_von_D%C3%A4nemark,_Norwegen_und_Schweden Deutsch]

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{geni:about_me} George, Duke of Saxony

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George,_Duke_of_Saxony

Reign 12 September 1500 X 17 April 1539

Predecessor Albert III & IV

Successor Henry IV

Spouse Barbara of Poland

more... Issue

Frederick, Hereditary Duke of Saxony

Christine, Landgravine of Hesse

Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg

Full name

Heinrich der Fromme

House House of Wettin

Albertine Line

Father Albert III, Duke of Saxony

Mother Sidonie Podiebrad

Born 27 August 1471

Meissen

Died 17 April 1539 (aged 67)

Dresden

George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (b. Meissen, 27 August 1471 - d. Dresden, 17 April 1539), was duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539.

Duke George was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

Early life

His father was Albert the Brave of Saxony, founder of the Albertine line of the Wettin family, his mother was Sidonie, daughter of George Podiebrad, King of Bohemia. Elector Frederick the Wise, a member of the Ernestine branch ofthe same family, known for his protection of Luther, was a cousin of Duke George.

George, as the eldest son, received an excellent training in theology and other branches of learning, and was thus much better educated than most of the princes of his day.

As early as 1488, when his father was in Friesland fighting on behalf of the emperor, George was regent of the ducal possessions, which included the Margraviate of Meissen with the cities of Dresden and Leipzig.

[edit]Marriage and Children

George was married at Dresden, on 21 November 1496, to Barbara of Poland, daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of Albrecht II of Hungary. They had ten children, but all, with the exception of a daughter,died before their father:

Christof (b. Dresden, 8 September 1497 - d. Leipzig, 5 December 1497).

Johann (b. Dresden, 24 August 1498 - d. Dresden, 11 January 1537), Hereditary Duke of Saxony; married on 20 May 1516 to Elizabeth of Hesse. This union was childless.

Wolfgang (b. Dresden, 1499 - d. Dresden, 12 January 1500).

Anna (b. Dresden, 21 January 1500 - d. Dresden, 23 January 1500).

Christof (b. and d. Dresden, 27 May 1501).

Agnes (b. Dresden, 7 January 1503 - d. Dresden, 16 April 1503).

Frederick (b. Dresden, 15 March 1504 - d. Dresden, 26 February 1539), Hereditary Duke of Saxony; married on 27 January 1539 to Elisabeth of Mansfeld. This union was childless.

Christine (b. Dresden, 25 December 1505 - d. Kassel, 15 April 1549), married on 11 December 1523 to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.

Magdalena (b. Dresden, 7 March 1507 - d. Berlin, 25 January 1534), married on 6 November 1524 to Joachim Hector, then Hereditary Elector of Brandenburg.

Margarete (b. Dresden, 7 September 1508 - d. Dresden, 19 December 1510).

[edit]Duke of Saxony

In 1498, the emperor granted Albert the Brave the hereditary governorship of Friesland. At Maastricht, 14 February 1499, Albert settled the succession to his possessions, and endeavoured by this arrangement to prevent further partition of his domain. He died 12 September 1500, and was succeeded in his German territories by George as the head of the Albertine line, while George's brother Heinrich became hereditary governor of Friesland.

The Saxon occupation of Friesland, however, was by no means secure and was the source of constant revolts in that province. Consequently Heinrich, who was of a rather inert disposition, relinquished his claims to the governorship, and in 1505 an agreement was made between the brothers by which Friesland was transferred to George, while Heinrich received an annuity and the districts of Freiberg and Wolkenstein. But this arrangement did not restore peace inFriesland, which continued to be an unceasing source of trouble to Saxony, until finally the duke was obliged, in 1515, to sell it to Burgundy for the very moderate price of 100,000 florins. These troubles outside of his Saxon possessions did not prevent George from bestowing much care on the government of the ducal territory proper. When regent, during the lifetime of his father, the difficulties arising from conflicting interests and the large demands on his powers had often brought the young prince to the verge of despair.

In a short time, however, he developed decided ability as a ruler; on entering upon his inheritance he divided the duchy into governmental districts, took measures to suppress the robber-knights, and regulated the judicial systemby defining and readjusting the jurisdiction of the various law courts. In his desire to achieve good order, severity, and the amelioration of the condition of the people, he sometimes ventured to infringe even on the rights of the cities. His court was better regulated than that of any other German prince, and he bestowed a paternal care on the University of Leipzig, where a number of reforms were introduced, and Humanism, as opposed to Scholasticism, was encouraged.

[edit]Years of the Reformation

From the beginning of the Reformation in 1517, Duke George directed his energies chiefly to ecclesiastical affairs. Hardly one of the secular German princes held as firmly as he to the Church, he defended its rights and vigorously condemned every innovation except those which were countenanced by the highest ecclesiastical authorities. At first he was not opposed to Luther, but as time went on and Luther's aim became clear to him, he turned more and more from the Reformer, and was finally, in consequence of this change of attitude, drawn into an acrimonious correspondence in which Luther, without any justification, shamefully reviled the duke.

The duke was not blind to the undeniable abuses existing at that time in the Church. In 1519, despite the opposition of the theological faculty of the university, he originated the Disputation of Leipzig, with the idea of helpingforward the cause of truth, and was present at all the discussions. In 1521, at the Diet of Worms, when the German princes handed in a paper containing a list of "grievances" concerning the condition of the Church, George added for himself twelve specific complaints referring mainly to the abuse of Indulgences and the annates.

In 1525, he combined with his Lutheran son-in-law, Landgrave Philip of Hesse, and his cousin, the Elector Frederick the Wise, to suppress the revolt of the peasants, who were defeated near Frankenhausen in Thuringia. Some years later, he wrote a forcible preface to a translation of the New Testament issued at his command by his private secretary, Hieronymus Emser, as an offset to Luther's version. Lutheran books were confiscated by his order, wherever found, though he refunded the cost of the books. He proved himself in every way a vigorous opponent of the Lutherans, decreeing that Christian burial was to be refused to apostates, and recreant ecclesiastics were to be delivered to the bishop of Merseburg.

For those, however, who merely held anti-catholic opinions, the punishment was only expulsion from the duchy. The duke deeply regretted the constant postponement of the ardently desired council, from the action of which so much was expected. While awaiting its convocation, he thought to remove the more serious defects by a reform of the monasteries, which had become exceedingly worldly in spirit and from which many of the inmates were departing. He vainlysought to obtain from the Curia the right, which was sometimes granted by Rome, to make official visitations to the conventual institutions of his realm. His reforms were confined mainly to uniting the almost vacant monasteries and to matters of economic management, the control of the property being entrusted in most cases to the secular authorities.

In 1525, Duke George formed, with some other German rulers, the League of Dessau, for the protection of Catholic interests. In the same way he was the animating spirit of the League of Halle, formed in 1533, from which sprang in 1538 the Holy League of Nuremberg for the maintenance of the religious Peace of Nuremberg.

The vigorous activity displayed by the duke in so many directions was not attended with much success. Most of his political measures, indeed, stood the test of experience, but in ecclesiastico-political matters he witnessed with sorrow the gradual decline of Catholicism and the spread of Lutheranism within his dominions, in spite of his earnest efforts and forcible prohibition of the new doctrine. Furthermore, during George's lifetime his nearest relations his son-in-law Philip of Hesse, and his brother Heinrich, joined the Reformers.

He spent the last years of his reign in endeavours to secure a Catholic successor, thinking by this step to check the dissemination of Lutheran opinions. The only one of George's sons then living was the weak-minded and unmarriedFrederick. The intention of his father was that Frederick should rule with the aid of a council. Early in 1539, Frederick was married to Elizabeth of Mansfeld, but he died shortly afterwards, leaving no prospect of an heir. According to the act of settlement of 1499, George's Protestant brother Heinrich was now heir prospective; but George, disregarding his father's will, sought to disinherit his brother and to bequeath the duchy to Ferdinand, brother of Charles V. His sudden death prevented the carrying out of this intention.

[edit]Character

George was an excellent and industrious ruler, self-sacrificing, high-minded, and unwearying in the furtherance of the highest interests of his land and people. As a man he was upright, vigorous and energetic, if somewhat irascible. A far-seeing and faithful adherent of the emperor and empire, he accomplished much for his domain by economy, love of order and wise direction of activities of his state officials. The grief of his life was Luther's Reformation and what he regarded to be apostasy from the Old Faith. Of a strictly religious, although not narrow, disposition, he sought at any cost to keep his subjects from falling away from the Church, but his methods of attaining his object were not always free from reproach.

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Georg giftet seg med Barbara of Poland 21 Nov 1496, Leipzig,Leipzig,Saxony. Barbara ble født 15 Jul 1478 , Sandomierz, Kielce, Poland; døde 15 Feb 1534, Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany; ble begravet , Domkirche,Meissen,Dresden,Saxony. [Gruppeskjema] [Familiediagram]

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{geni:about_me} Barbara of Poland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara of Poland (15 July 1478 X 15 February 1534 [1]) was a princess of Poland and a duchess of Saxony.

Family

Barbara was the daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon and his wife Elizabeth of Austria and Bohemia. Her paternal grandparents were Jogaila and his fourth wife Sophia of Halshany. Her maternal grandparents were Albert II of Germany and his wife Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Barbara shared her name with her great-grandmother, Barbara of Cilli. Barbara was the twelfth of thirteen children born to her parents. Barbara's siblings included: Vladislas II of Hungary, Jadwiga, Duchess of Bavaria, Saint Casimir, John I Albert of Poland, Alexander Jagiellon, Sigismund I the Old, Anna, Sophia, Margravine of Brandenburg and three sisters named Elizabeth.

[edit]Life

Barbara married on 21 November 1496 at a glittering ceremony, in Leipzig to George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539). At the wedding, 6286 German and Polish nobles were said to be present. This marriage was a key part of relations between Germany and Poland. For Barbara's family the marriage was also important due to their rivalry with the House of Habsburg.

Barbara founded with her husband in 1513 Meissen Cathedral several Masses and liturgical celebration of Easter, have been listed to have taken place since then. Barbara sent letters to her husband while he at battles. Witnesses say the couple had a very loving and happy marriage. Barbara died 15 February 1534. George was stricken by greif, he grew a beard during this time, which was why he was nicknamed "the Bearded".

Barbara was buried in the cathedral of Meissen in her husband's funeral chapel, built betweem 1521-1524. Barbara and George were the last Prince and Princess of the House of Wettin to be buried at the cathedral. The altarpiece inthe chapel was the grave of Lucas Cranach the Elder. They are surrounded by apostles and saints [2].

George and Barbara had ten children:

Christoph (died young)

Johann (24 August X 11 January 1537)

Wolfgang (died young)

Anna (died young)

Christoph (died young)

Agnes (died young)

Friedrich (15 March 1504 X 26 February 1539)

Christine (25 December 1505 X 15 April 1549), married Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

Magdalena (7 March 1507 X 25 January 1534), married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

Margarethe (died young)

[edit]Genetics

Through her daughter Christine, Barbara of Poland is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.


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Barbara of Poland (15 July 1478 X 15 February 1534 [1]) was a princess of Poland and a duchess of Saxony.

Family

Barbara was the daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon and his wife Elizabeth of Austria and Bohemia. Her paternal grandparents were Jogaila and his fourth wife Sophia of Halshany. Her maternal grandparents were Albert II of Germany and his wife Elizabeth of Bohemia.

Barbara shared her name with her great-grandmother, Barbara of Cilli. Barbara was the twelfth of thirteen children born to her parents. Barbara's siblings included: Vladislas II of Hungary, Jadwiga, Duchess of Bavaria, Saint Casimir, John I Albert of Poland, Alexander Jagiellon, Sigismund I the Old, Anna, Sophia, Margravine of Brandenburg and three sisters named Elizabeth.

Life

Barbara was married on 21 November 1496 at a glittering ceremony, in Leipzig to George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539). At the wedding, 6286 German and Polish nobles were said to be present. This marriage was a key part of relations between Germany and Poland. For Barbara's family the marriage was also important due to their rivalry with the House of Habsburg.

Barbara founded with her husband in 1513 Meissen Cathedral; several Masses and liturgical celebration of Easter have been listed to have taken place since then. Barbara sent letters to her husband while he was at battles. Witnesses say the couple had a very loving and happy marriage. Barbara died 15 February 1534. George was stricken by grief, he grew a beard during this time, which was why he was nicknamed "the Bearded".

Barbara was buried in the cathedral of Meissen in her husband's funeral chapel, built between 1521-1524. Barbara and George were the last Prince and Princess of the House of Wettin to be buried at the cathedral. The altarpiece inthe chapel was the grave of Lucas Cranach the Elder. They are surrounded by apostles and saints [2].

G eorge and Barbara had ten children:

Christoph (died young)

Johann (24 August X 11 January 1537)

Wolfgang (died young)

Anna (died young)

Christoph (died young)

Agnes (died young)

Friedrich (15 March 1504 X 26 February 1539)

Christine (25 December 1505 X 15 April 1549), married Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse

Magdalena (7 March 1507 X 25 January 1534), married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg

Margarethe (died young)

Genetics

Through her daughter Christine, Barbara of Poland is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.