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Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (31 December 1586 – 12 February 1659) was an Electress of Saxony as the spouse of John George I, Elector of Saxony.
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (23 December 1617 – 6 January 1668), in Denmark known as Magdalena Sibylla, was the Princess of Denmark and Norway from 1634 to 1647 as the wife of Prince-Elect Christian of Denmark, and the Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg as the wife of Frederick Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg .
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Born on January 9, 1587 (some sources cite December31, 1586); died on February 22 (some sources cite February 12), 1659; daughter of Maria Eleanora (1550–1608) and Albert Frederick (b. 1553), duke of Prussia; sister of Anna of Prussia (1576–1625); married John George I (1585–1656), elector of Saxony, on July 29, 1607; children: Marie ...
Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia was an Electress of Saxony as the spouse of John George I, Elector of Saxony. She is a 6th times matrilineal great grandmother to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and the matrilineal great-great-great grandmother to Catherine the Great of Russia.
Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (27 October 1612 – 20 March 1687) was Electress of Saxony from 1656 to 1680 as the wife of John George II. [1] .
- Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
- 20 March 1687 (aged 74), Dresden
- 27 October 1612, Bayreuth
- House of Hohenzollern
They were first recorded in the Royal Collection in 1870. The sitter is Magdalena Sibylla, daughter of Albert Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, who married, as his second wife in 1607, John George, Elector of Saxony.
Magdalene Sibylle used Swedish prisoners of war to work on the Dresdner Festungsbau ("Dresden fortress"). As a widow in 1656, Magdalene Sibylle retired to the Dresdner Frau Kurfürstin-Haus and died in Dresden in 1659.
