Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Christiana of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg ( born September 22, 1634 Copenhagen, † May 20 1701 in the castle Delitzsch), often also called Christiane, was by marriage to Christian I of Saxe- Merseburg from 1650 Duchess of Saxe- Merseburg.

Life

Christiana was the fourth daughter, and thus as the ninth of 15 children, of Duke Philip of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg from his marriage to Sophie Hedwig of Saxe- Lauenburg at Copenhagen to the world. Training and education they received at the widowed and childless Crown Princess of Denmark and Norway, Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, to whose widow seat Nyköpingshus.

At the age of 16 years she married on November 19, 1650 as part of a double wedding in Dresden Castle Christian I of Saxe- Merseburg, the third son of the Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. At the same time Christiana's older sister Sophia Hedwig was the covenant for life with Christian's younger brother Moritz. On the occasion of two weddings in Dresden the numerous court ballets, tournaments, pageants, theatrical performances and fireworks spectacle.

From the marriage Christiana and Christian I. eleven children were born:

• Magdalena Sophia ( * October 19, 1651 in Dresden, † March 29, 1675 in Merseburg ), Princess of Saxe- Merseburg
• Johann Georg ( born December 4, 1652 Merseburg, † January 3, 1654 in Merseburg ), Hereditary Prince of Saxe- Merseburg
• Christian II ( born November 19, 1653 Merseburg, † October 20, 1694 in Merseburg ), Duke of Saxe- Merseburg ∞ Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe- Zeitz
• August (* February 15, 1655 in Merseburg, † March 27, 1715 in Zoerbig ), Duke of Saxe- Merseburg - Zoerbig ∞ Hedwig Eleonore of Mecklenburg- Güstrow
• Stillborn son (* / † February 1, 1656 in Merseburg ), Prince of Saxe- Merseburg
• Philipp ( born October 26, 1657 Merseburg, † June 21, 1690 in Fleurus ), Duke of Saxe- Merseburg - Lauchstaedt ∞ ( I) Sophia Eleonore of Saxony -Weimar; ∞ ( II) Luise Elisabeth von Württemberg- Oels
• Christiane ( born June 1, 1659 Merseburg, † March 13, 1679 in Eisenberg ), Princess of Saxe- Merseburg ∞ Christian, Duke of Saxe- Eisenberg
• Sophie Hedwig (* August 4, 1660 in Merseburg; † August 2, 1686 in Saalfeld ), Princess of Saxe- Merseburg ∞ Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe- Coburg -Saalfeld
• Heinrich ( born September 2, 1661 Merseburg, † July 28, 1738 in Doberlug ), Duke of Saxe- Merseburg -Spremberg (later of the whole of Saxony - Merseburg ) ∞ Elisabeth of Mecklenburg- Güstrow
• Moritz ( born October 29, 1662 at Merseburg, † April 21, 1664 in Merseburg ), Prince of Saxe- Merseburg
• Sibylle Marie ( born October 28, 1667 Merseburg, † October 9, 1693 in Bernstadt ), Princess of Saxe- Merseburg ∞ Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg- Bernstadt Oels -

After the death of her husband to Christiana moved back to her jointure in Delitzsch, which she had received in 1688 in exchange for the castle Sangerhausen as jointure. The Delitzsch Castle had previously been transformed by remodeling the widow residence, but at the time they feed on May 31, 1692 works were not fully completed. So let Christiana create the baroque garden next to the castle after its catchment.