Sophie of Saxony-Lauenburg († 1473)

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Allegorical representation of the Duchess in the herald's book of the Jülich-Bergisch Hubertus Brotherhood (Biblioteka Jagiellońska Kraków, berol. Ms. Germ. Quart. 1479, fol. 50r.), Around 1463
Sophie's coat of arms in the brotherhood book of the Jülich-Bergisch Hubertus Order [around 1480]

Sophie von Sachsen-Lauenburg (* before 1444; † September 9, 1473 ) was a princess of Sachsen-Lauenburg and duchess and from 1456 until her death she was regent of the duchies of Jülich and Berg , as well as Countess of Ravensberg .

Life

Sophie was the daughter of Duke Bernhard II of Saxony-Lauenburg († 1463) from his marriage to Adelheid († after 1445), daughter of Duke Bogislaw VIII of Pomerania .

In 1444 she married Duke Gerhard VIII von Jülich-Berg , Count von Ravensberg (1416 / 7–1475). Around 1456 Gerhard fell into mental derangement and Sophie took over the business of government in the duchy for her first-born son.

After the slander of Sophies by Friedrich von Sombreff, Sophie's sons besieged Tomburg and conquered it in 1470. During the siege, the Reichenstein monastery caught fire, which Sophie then had to rebuild.

progeny

From their marriage, Sophie had the following children:

⚭ 1. 1472 Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1459–1479)
⚭ 2. 1481 Princess Sibylle of Brandenburg (1467–1524)
  • Anna
⚭ Count Johann von Mörs und Saar Werden († 1507)
  • Adolf (August 1, 1458 - September 19, 1473)
  • Gerhard († young)

literature

  • Gisela Meyer: The Palant Family in the Middle Ages , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004, p. 370
  • Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, especially the Old Archdiocese of Cologne: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine, especially the Old Archdiocese of Cologne , JP Bachem, Cologne, 1856, p. 65 ( digitized version )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtarchiv/stadtgeschichte/aufsaetze/berg_genealogie/aus_dem_hause_juelich.shtml
  2. ↑ https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/ADB:Gerhard_VII .
personal data
SURNAME Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Saxony-Lauenburg and Duchess and Regent of the Duchies of Jülich and Berg (1456–1473)
DATE OF BIRTH before 1444
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1473