Aemilia of Saxony

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Lucas Cranach the Elder : Aemilia von Sachsen, detail from a painting from 1535, oil on poplar wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna

Aemilia von Sachsen (born July 27, 1516 in Freiberg , † April 9, 1591 in Ansbach ) was the third wife of the Ansbach Margrave Georg the Pious .

Life

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

On August 25, 1533, she married the significantly older Margrave Georg, who had been recognized as a Silesian Duke and who also administered Brandenburg-Kulmbach for the son of his late brother Kasimir . For Georg it was the third marriage that produced the hoped-for heir Georg Friedrich .

After the death of her husband, she was the guardian of her underage son Georg Friedrich from 1543–1556, for whose well-founded and humanistic upbringing she provided. The regency in Brandenburg-Ansbach , however, was jointly led by the Elector of Saxony Johann Friedrich I , the Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Albrecht Alcibiades and Philip the Magnanimous , the Landgrave of Hesse. Aemilia, who acted as a strict Lutheran against Catholicism in the country, was described as clever, virtuous, and godly. Later she retired to her widow's seat .

progeny

Her children with Georg were:

⚭ 1560 Duke Heinrich XI. of Liegnitz (1539–1588)
⚭ 1556 Heinrich V. von Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen
⚭ 1. 1558 Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1540–1578)
⚭ 2. 1579 Princess Sophie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1563–1639)

ancestors

Pedigree of Aemilia of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents

Elector
Friedrich I of Saxony (1370–1428)
⚭ 1402
Katharina von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1395–1442)

Duke
Ernst the Iron (1377–1424)
⚭ 1412
Cimburgis of Masovia (1394 / 97–1429)

Viktorin von Podiebrad (1403–1427)

Anna von Wartenberg (1403–1427)

Smil von Sternberg (–1431)

Barbara von Pardubitz (–1433)

Duke
Johann IV of Mecklenburg (1370–1422)
⚭ 1416
Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg (1400–1450)

Elector
Friedrich I of Brandenburg (1371–1440)
⚭ 1401
Elisabeth of Bavaria (1383–1442)

Wartislaw IX. (1400–1457)
⚭ 1420
Sophia von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (–1462)

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Great grandparents

Elector Friedrich II. (1412–1464)
⚭ 1431
Margaretha of Austria (1416–1486)

King George of Podebrady (1420–1471)
⚭ 1441
Kunigunde von Sternberg (1425–1449)

Duke Heinrich IV of Mecklenburg (1417–1477)
⚭ 1432
Dorothea of ​​Brandenburg (1420–1491)

Erich II von Pommern-Wolgast (1425–1474)
⚭ 1451
Sophia von Pommern-Stolp
(around 1435–1497)

Grandparents

Duke Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500)
⚭ 1464
Sidonia of Bohemia (1449–1510)

Duke Magnus II (1441–1503)
⚭ 1478
Sophie of Pomerania (1460–1504)
parents

Duke Heinrich the Pious (1473–1541)
⚭ 1512
Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561)

Aemilia of Saxony

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Heinrich Schülin: Life and history of ... Marggraf Georgens ... p. 170 ( digitized in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Aemilia of Saxony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emilia of Saxony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of the Margrave of Ansbach, Georg the Pious
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1516
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1591
Place of death Ansbach