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Christine or Christina of Saxony, was born 25 December 1505, probably at Dresden,; the third, but eldest surviving daughter of Georg 'der Bärtige' (the Bearded), Herzog von Sachsen (Duke of Saxony), and his wife, Barbara, Princess of Poland.
She was betrothed on 14 October 1523 to Philipp, Landgraf von Hessen, in order to confirm links between these two Protestant countries. They were married at Dresden 11 December 1523, ; and then again at Kassel on 25 January 1524. They were to have ten children: 1. Agnes, born 31 May 1527 at Marburg, and married 1) 11 January 1541, Moritz, Herzog zu...
Although there were 10 children, the marriage wasn't considered happy, Philip had "no pleasure in her society"and perhaps Christine had little pleasure in his. Like many noblemen of the period, Philip had a number of other sexual partners but his conscience troubled him, though not enough to remain faithful to Christine. As early as 1526 he had mad...
In 1547, Philip was arrested and during this time Christine and her eldest son, Wilhelm (later Wilhelm IV) administered Hesse. She was never to see her husband again as she died between 10 and 11 o'clock in the evening of 15 April 1549 at Kassel and was buried there in St Martinskirche ; A monument by the Hessian sculptor, Philipp Soldan was origin...
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Mar 22, 2023 · Christine of Saxony, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. English: Christina of Saxony (1461-1521), in Danish Christine, in Swedish Kristina, was a princess of Saxony and by marriage became queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Wall sculpture depicting Queen Christina together with her husband King John II and their son Francis. Christina of Saxony (25 December 1461 – 8 December 1521), was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.
The wife of Hans, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Christina of Saxony was born in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, now in the German state of Saxony on December 25, 1461. She was the eldest of the seven children and the eldest of the two daughters of Ernst, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria .
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