Anna Sophie of Denmark
Anna Sophie of Denmark (born September 1, 1647 in Flensburg ; † July 1, 1717 at Lichtenburg Castle near Prettin ) was Electress of Saxony .
Life
She was the eldest daughter of King Friedrich III. of Denmark and Norway (1609–1670) and his wife Sophie Amalie (1628–1685), daughter of Duke George of Braunschweig and Lüneburg-Calenberg .
In her nature Anna Sophie was very reserved and of a somewhat complicated nature. She loved a secluded life far from the court, but also enjoyed an upscale exchange of ideas in conversation or by letter. Because she had a very high level of education and, in addition to German and Danish, spoke Italian, French, Spanish and Latin. Anna Sophia was good at dealing with money and created a considerable personal fortune. Adhering to Orthodox Lutheranism , however, it was religiously so flexible that it later opened up to new religious currents, such as the Pietism founded by Philipp Jacob Spener . All of this made her a person of respect, even for her husband and then her sons.
On October 9, 1666 she had the Elector Johann Georg III. Married by Saxony (1647–1691). The marriage had two sons:
- Johann Georg IV. (1668–1694), Elector of Saxony
- August the Strong (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
Anna Sophie already kept a certain distance from her husband, who was only interested in the military. This also existed for her son Johann Georg, who was very complex in character, and after August's conversion to Catholicism and his election as King of Poland in 1697, also to this. In order to punish his wife Christiane Eberhardine, who remained with Lutheranism , August had given her son Friedrich August to his mother for upbringing. Anna Sophie and Christiane Eberhardine, who got along well, tried together to keep the boy with Lutheranism, but ultimately failed because he too converted in 1712.
In the last few years Anna Sophie lived together with her sister, the elector's widow Wilhelmine Ernestine von der Pfalz , increasingly lonely at their widow's residence at Lichtenburg Castle . Christiane Eberhardine lived just a few kilometers down the Elbe in self-chosen exile at Pretzsch Palace , where she died ten years after Anna Sophie.
ancestors
| Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway (1534–1588) | |||||||||||||
| Christian IV. King of Denmark and Norway (1577–1648) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie of Mecklenburg (1557–1631) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich III. King of Denmark and Norway (1609–1670) | |||||||||||||
| Joachim Friedrich Elector of Brandenburg (1546–1608) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Katharina of Brandenburg (1575-1612) | |||||||||||||
| Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1549–1602) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Sophie of Denmark | |||||||||||||
| Wilhelm the Younger of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , (1535–1592) | |||||||||||||
| Georg von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1582–1641) | |||||||||||||
| Dorothea of Denmark (1546-1617) | |||||||||||||
| Sophie Amalie of Braunschweig-Calenberg (1628–1685) | |||||||||||||
| Ludwig V of Hessen-Darmstadt (1577–1626) | |||||||||||||
| Anna Eleonore of Hessen-Darmstadt (1601–1659) | |||||||||||||
| Magdalena of Brandenburg (1582–1616) | |||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Johann Georg IV. Of Saxony and Magdalena Sibylla of Neitschütz . Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-941757-43-1 , p. 11 - 12 a. a .
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Christiane Eberhardine Princess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Electress of Saxony and Queen of Poland, wife of Augustus the Strong . Dresdner Buchverlag, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-941757-25-7 .
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| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
Electress of Saxony 1680–1691 |
Eleanor of Saxony-Eisenach |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna Sophie of Denmark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Electress of Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1647 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1717 |
| Place of death | Lichtenburg Castle near Prettin |