Emilie of Saxony

Aemilia of Saxony ( born July 27, 1516 Freiberg, † April 9, 1591 in Ansbach ) was the third wife of the Ansbacher Margrave George the Pious.

Life

Aemilia was a daughter of the Saxon Duke Henry and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg; it thus belongs to the family of Wettin (see also master list of Wettin ).

She married on 25 August 1533 significantly older Margrave George, who had been recognized as Silesian Duke and managed for the son of his deceased brother Kasimir Brandenburg- Kulmbach also. For George, it was the third marriage, which produced the hoped-for heir Georg Friedrich.

After the death of her husband she was guardian of her infant son 1543-1556 Georg Friedrich, for its depth and humanistic education she attended. The regency in Brandenburg -Ansbach but was co- Elector of Saxony John Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Albert Alcibiades and Philip the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse. Aemilia was described as wise, virtuous and God-fearing, which was going on as a strict Lutheran against Catholicism in the country. Later she moved back to her widow seat.

Progeny

Your children with Georg were:

  • Sophie (1535-1587)
  • Barbara (1536-1591)
  • Katharina Dorothea (1538-1604)
  • Georg Friedrich (1539-1603), Margrave of Brandenburg -Ansbach

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Elector Frederick I of Saxony (1370-1428) ∞ 1402 Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1395-1442)

Duke Ernst the Iron (1377-1424) ∞ 1412 Cimburgis of Mazovia ( 1394/97-1429 )

Viktorin of Podiebrad (1403-1427) Anna von Wartenberg (1403-1427)

Nobles Smil von Sternberg ( -1431 ) Barbara of Pardubice ( -1433 )

Duke John IV of Mecklenburg (1370-1422) ∞ 1416 Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1400-1450)

Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg (1371-1440) ∞ 1401 Elisabeth of Bavaria (1383-1442)

Wartislaw IX. (1400-1457) ∞ 1420 Sophia of Brunswick- Lüneburg ( -1462 )

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Elector Frederick II (1412-1464) ∞ 1431 Margaret of Austria (1416-1486)

King George of Podiebrad (1420-1471) ∞ 1441 Cunegonde von Sternberg (1425-1449)

Duke Henry IV of Mecklenburg (1417-1477) ∞ 1432 Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg (1420-1491)

Eric II of Pomerania - Wolgast (1425-1474) ∞ 1451 Sophia of Pomerania - Stolp

Duke Albrecht the Brave (1443-1500) ∞ 1464 Sidonie of Bohemia (1449-1510)

Duke Magnus II (1441-1503) ∞ 1478 Sophie of Pomerania (1460-1504)

Duke Henry the Pious (1473-1541) ∞ 1512 Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487-1561)

Aemilia of Saxony

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