Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Magdalena Sibylle von Brandenburg-Kulmbach / Bayreuth (born November 1, 1612 in Bayreuth , † March 20, 1687 in Dresden ) was elector of Saxony by marriage.

Life

She was the daughter of Margrave Christian zu Brandenburg-Kulmbach / Bayreuth (1581–1655) and Marie of Prussia .

She married Prince Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony on November 13, 1638 in Dresden . The couple had three children:

Magdalena Sibylle was friends with the Swedish royal family and was able to save the city of Pirna from destruction in 1639 by writing a letter to the Swedish general. After the death of Elector Johann Georg I in 1656, she succeeded her mother-in-law Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia as Electress of Saxony. Her husband died in 1680 and she took her widow's residence in Freiberg - Colditz and in the "Residenzhaus" in Dresden, and also owned the outworks in Fischersdorf (later Birckholzens). Her grave is in Freiberg Cathedral .

literature

  • Franz Otto Stichart: Gallery of the Saxon Princesses. Biographical sketches of all ancestors of the royal house of Saxony. Fleischer, Leipzig 1857, ( digitized version ).
  • Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein 1980, vol. 10, p. 492, R 9803

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predecessor Office Successor
Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia Electress of Saxony
1656–1680 		Anna Sophie of Denmark
personal data
SURNAME Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Kulmbach-Bayreuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1612
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1687
Place of death Dresden