Sophie of Saxony (1587–1635)

Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin

Sophie von Sachsen with her husband Franz von Pommern

Sophie von Sachsen (born April 29, 1587 in Dresden , † December 9, 1635 in Stettin ) was a Saxon princess from the house of the Albertine Wettins and by marriage Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin .

Life

Sophie was a daughter of Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie (1568–1622), daughter of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg.

She married Duke Franz von Pommern-Stettin (1577-1620) in Dresden on August 26, 1610 . No children were born in the marriage. As Wittum , the office of Wollin was determined for Sophie , which Duke Franz had assessed for this purpose and which she administered after the death of her husband. The difficult time of the Thirty Years' War fell during her reign . From 1622 to 1626 a new castle was built for them in Wollin, as the previous princely house had fallen into disrepair.

After the Duchess's death, the office reverted to Duke Bogislaw XIV of Pomerania . All movable property, such as furniture and grain supplies, were confiscated by the Kingdom of Sweden, as Sophie came from the Saxon Kurhaus, which Sweden had viewed as an enemy since the Peace of Prague .

Sophie was initially buried in the royal crypt in Stettin, but her body was transferred to the Sophienkirche in Dresden in 1650 .

ancestors

Pedigree of Sophie of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500) ⚭ 1464 Sidonia of Bohemia (1449–1510)	Duke Magnus II (1441–1503) ⚭ 1478 Sophie of Pomerania (1460–1504)	King Friedrich I (1471–1533) ⚭ 1502 Anna of Brandenburg (1487–1514)	Duke Magnus I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1470–1543) ⚭ 1509 Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1488–1563)	Elector Joachim I (1484–1535) ⚭ 1502 Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1485–1555)	Duke Georg of Saxony (1471–1539) ⚭ 1496 Barbara of Poland (1478–1534)	Margrave Friedrich II of Brandenburg (1460–1536) ⚭ 1479 Sofia Jagiellonka (1464–1512)	Charles I (1476–1536) ⚭ 1488 Anna von Sagan
Great grandparents	Duke Heinrich the Pious (1473–1541) ⚭ 1512 Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561)		King Christian III (1503–1559) ⚭ 1525 Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1511–1571)		Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) ⚭ 1524 Magdalene of Saxony (1507–1534)		Duke Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) ⚭ 1525 Hedwig von Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531)
Grandparents	Elector August of Saxony (1526–1586) ⚭ 1548 Anna of Denmark (1532–1585)				Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg (1525–1598) ⚭ 1548 Sabina von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529–1575)
parents	Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) ⚭ 1582 Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622)
Sophie of Saxony

literature

• Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Part 3, Vol. 1, W. Dietze, Anklam 1867, p. 615 ( digitized version ).
• Ute Essegern: No dead rest for Sophia von Sachsen in Stettin. Pomerania, Saxony and Sweden in dispute over inheritance . In: Pomerania. Journal of Culture and History. Vol. 44 (2006), Issue 2, ISSN  0032-4167 , pp. 18-25.
• Christian Ernst Weisse : The latest history of the Kingdom of Saxony from the Peace of Prague to our times. Vol. 1, Hinrichs, Leipzig 1808, p. 59f. ( Digitized version ).
• Ute Essegern: Sophia (Sophie) of Saxony . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Web links

Commons : Sophie von Sachsen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1600.htm