Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia

Magdalena Sibylle with her son Christian , later Duke of Saxony-Merseburg

Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia (born December 31, 1586 in Königsberg , † February 12, 1659 in Dresden ) was a princess of the Duchy of Prussia and was elector of Saxony by marriage .

Life

Magdalene Sibylle was the fifth and youngest daughter of Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (1553-1618) from his marriage to Marie Eleonore (1550-1608), daughter of Duke Wilhelm the Rich of Jülich-Kleve-Berg . The princess grew up with her sisters in Königsberg Castle and was raised to be an enthusiastic Protestant .

Magdalene Sibylle became the second wife of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony (1585–1656) on July 19, 1607 in Torgau . She resented her husband that he turned away from Gustav Adolf , whom she admired, and turned to Emperor Ferdinand during the Thirty Years' War ( Peace of Prague 1635). She also stood up for Swedish prisoners of war who worked at the Dresden fortress construction and was friends with the Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora . She had a Vorwerk with gardening and cattle yard in the fishing village near Dresden and from 1644 the estate Gorbitz .

Magdalena Sibylle promoted painting and poetry. On October 8, 1656 she became a widow. She then lived in the Frau Kurfürstin house in Dresden. She died in 1659 and was buried in Freiberg Cathedral .

progeny

From their marriage, Magdalene Sibylle had the following children:

• Son (* / † 1608)
• Sophie Eleonore (1609–1671)

⚭ 1627 Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605–1661)

• Maria Elisabeth (1610–1684)

⚭ 1630 Duke Friedrich III. of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1597–1659)

• Christian Albrecht (* / † 1612)
• Johann Georg II. (1613–1680), Elector of Saxony

⚭ 1638 Princess Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612–1687)

• August (1614–1680), Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels

⚭ 1. 1647 Princess Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1627–1669)

⚭ 2. 1672 Countess Johanna Walpurgis von Leiningen-Westerburg (1647–1687)

• Christian I (1615–1691), Duke of Saxony-Merseburg

⚭ 1650 Princess Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1634–1701)

• Magdalena Sibylle (1617–1668)

⚭ 1. 1634 Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (1603–1647)

⚭ 2. 1652 Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Saxony-Altenburg (1603–1669)

• Moritz (1619–1681), Duke of Saxony-Zeitz

⚭ 1. 1650 Princess Sophie Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1630–1652)

⚭ 2. 1656 Princess Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar (1641–1675)

⚭ 3. 1676 Princess Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (1653–1684)

• Heinrich (* / † 1622)

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 ).
• Heinrich Theodor Flathe :  Magdalena Sibylla . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 49.

Web links

Commons : Magdalena Sibylle von Preußen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Publications by and about Magdalena Sibylle von Prussia in VD 17 .
• Ute Essegern: Magdalena Sibylla of Prussia . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
• Literature by and about Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia in the Saxon Bibliography

predecessor	Office	Successor
Hedwig of Denmark	Electress of Saxony 1611–1656	Magdalena Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth