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Emilie of Saxony
Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1516–1591)
Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1516–1591)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Emilie of Saxony |
| title | Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
| image | 1516 Emilia.jpg |
| caption | Lucas Cranach the Elder - Emilie of Saxony, detail of a painting from 1535, oil on a poplar panel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| reign | 1536–1543 |
| spouse | |
| issue | Sophie, Duchess of Legnica |
| Barbara | |
| Dorothy Catherine, Burgravine of Meissen | |
| George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |
| house | Wettin |
| father | Henry IV, Duke of Saxony |
| mother | Catherine of Mecklenburg |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Freiberg |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Ansbach |
Barbara Dorothy Catherine, Burgravine of Meissen George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Emilie of Saxony (27 July 1516 – 9 April 1591) was Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach as the third wife of Margrave George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach. As her husband's prior wives died before his accession, Emilie of Saxony was the only spouse to hold the title of Margravine.
Life
Emilie was the daughter of the Duke Henry IV of Saxony and his wife Catherine of Mecklenburg. She was a member of the House of Wettin.
On 25 August 1533 Emilie of Saxony married the much older George of Brandenburg, the future Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who had been recognised as the duke of Silesia. She was sixteen years old. He also administered Brandenburg-Kulmbach on behalf of Albert, the son of his deceased brother Casimir. The marriage produced the heir he had hoped for: George Frederick, later Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
After the death of her husband in 1543, Emilie was the legal guardian of her son,George Frederick, who was a minor, until 1556. She provided George Frederick with a humanistic education. However, the regency of Brandenburg-Ansbach was administered jointly by the reigning Electors of Saxony, Electors of Brandenburg, and the Landgrave of Hesse, Philip I.
Emilie was described as wise, virtuous and pious. She was a strict Lutheran and actively opposed Catholicism in the territories of her husband and son. In later life she retired to her widow seat.
Children
Her children with George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach included the following:
- Sophie (1535–1587) : married in 1560 Duke Henry XI of Legnica (1539–1588)
- Barbara (1536–1591)
- Dorothy Catherine (1538–1604) : married in 1556 Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen, Burgrave of Meissen
- George Frederick (1539–1603), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach : married first, in 1558, Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1540–1578) : second, in 1579, Princess Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1563–1639)
Ancestors
References
- (mentioned in the article about her son)
References
- "Princess Emilia of Saxony".
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=mt4AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT94 Johann Heinrich Schülin: ''Life and history of the ... Margrave George ...''], p. 170
- Schornbaum., K.. (1920-01-01). "Markgraf Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg und die Einigungsbestrebungen der protestantischen Stände 1556—1559". Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte.
- (2019). "The Silver Library of Duke Albrecht of Prussia and his wife Anna Maria". LIT Verlag Münster.
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