Sibylle of Saxony

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Portrait of a young woman , painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder around 1530,
allegedly Sibylle of Saxony

Sibylle of Saxony (born May 2, 1515 in Freiberg , † July 18, 1592 in Buxtehude ) was a Saxon princess from the Albertine line of the Wettins and by marriage Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg .

Life

Sibylle was the oldest child of Duke Heinrich of Saxony (1473–1541) from his marriage to Katharina (1487–1561), daughter of Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg .

She married Duke Franz I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1510–1581) in Dresden on February 8, 1540 . This connection was important for Sibylle's brother Moritz in the Schmalkaldic War . The marriage turned out to be unhappy and Franz accused Sibylle of vengeful and unrewarding acts . In later years, Sibylle and Franz were reconciled. In 1552 Sibylle asked her brother Moritz for financial help so that her husband could redeem some of Lübeck's estates and villages .

The Duchess played a prominent role in 1588 during the affair of her son Moritz with the middle-class Mrs. Tschammer, against whom she brought a witch trial . Sibylle was buried in Ratzeburg Cathedral.

progeny

Sibylle had the following children from her marriage to Franz:

  • Albrecht (1542–1544)
  • Dorothea (1543–1586)
⚭ 1570 Duke Wolfgang von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1531–1595)
  • Magnus II (1543–1603), Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg
⚭ 1568 Princess Sophie of Sweden (1547–1611)
  • Franz II (1547–1619), Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
⚭ 1. 1574 Princess Margaret of Pomerania (1553–1581)
⚭ 2. 1582 Princess Marie of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1566–1626)
  • Heinrich (1550–1585), Archbishop of Bremen
⚭ 1575 Anna von Broich
⚭ 1581 (closed 1582) Katharine von Spörck
⚭ 1569 Duke Heinrich I of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (1533–1598)
⚭ 1. 1567 Duke Wenceslaus III. Adam of Teschen (1524–1579)
⚭ 2. 1586 Emerich III. Forgach, Chief Count of Trenčín

ancestors

Pedigree of the Sibyl 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)

Sibylle of Saxony

literature

Web links

  • Franz I and his people, in: Martin Fischer-Hübner, Progress of the Reformation in the Lauenburger Land under Franz I (online at pkgodzik.de) (PDF; 232 kB)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Samuelansch: Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. First Section, 48th part, p. 60 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  2. ^ Johannes Herrmann, Günther Wartenberg, Christian Winter: Political Correspondence of the Duke and Elector Moritz von Sachsen , Volume 5, p. 778 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Sibylle of Saxony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1515
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1592
Place of death Buxtehude