• Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (4 August 1660 - 2 August 1686), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Saalfeld...
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    In Merseburg on 18 February 1680, Johann Ernst married firstly Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg, a daughter of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg. They...
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  • Thumbnail for Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
    the oldest surviving son of Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his first wife, Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg. In Naitschau on 18 August...
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    Treaty of Vienna; Saxe-Lauenburg passed to William I of Prussia, to whom the Estates of Saxe-Lauenburg offered the ducal throne. The coat-of-arms of Saxe-Lauenburg...
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    Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg (Dresden, 27 October 1615 – Merseburg, 18 October 1691), was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin...
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    She was the daughter of the John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and his wife, the Duchess Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (1666-1686). She married...
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    1686, Hedwig married Prince August of Saxe-Merseburg, second surviving son of Duke Christian I. Five years later (1691), August received the town of Zörbig...
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  • Duke Albert II definitely split their commonly ruled Duchy of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg, either in 1269, 1272 or 1282, one can argue...
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  • Saxe-Merseburg (1679) Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (1680) Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (1686) Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar (1687) Sophie Tugendreich von Wreech...
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    November 1661 – d. Merseburg, 29 April 1720), married on 14 October 1679 to Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg. Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (b. Moritzburg...
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    Charles, Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Hedwig (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig), Louise (by marriage Queen of Denmark and Norway) and...
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  • Princess Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg (1601–1660), daughter of Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. They had the following children: Duke John of...
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    Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. Some British lines descend from Henrietta Maria of France, granddaughter of Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany...
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    Merseburg – 13 March 1679 in Eisenberg), married on 13 February 1677 to Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. Sophie Hedwig (4 August 1660 in Merseburg –...
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    marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig), Louise (by marriage Queen of Denmark and Norway), Elisabeth (by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg) and...
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  • Thumbnail for John George I, Elector of Saxony
    George was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg. He belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. John George succeeded...
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  • the Principality of Anhalt was split off from the Duchy of Saxony. Later, the remaining state was split into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg. The Ascanian...
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    Elector Frederick William. Hedwig (12 January 1666 – 9 August 1735), married on 1 December 1686 to Duke August of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig. Louise (28 August...
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    Weissenfels as Duke. Christian I (Dresden, 27 October 1615 – Merseburg, 18 October 1691), inherited Merseburg as Duke Magdalene Sibylle (Dresden, 23 December 1617...
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    Elector Frederick William. Hedwig (12 January 1666 – 9 August 1735), married on 1 December 1686 to Duke August of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig. Louise (28 August...
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    Duchess Elisabeth Marie, a daughter of Duke Charles Frederick I Poděbrady, Duke of Oels and Anne Sophie of Saxe-Weimar. When his oldest brother Charles...
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    of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, in Vienna. In 1544, Maurice secured the appointment of his brother as administrator of the bishopric of Merseburg;...
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    Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611. He was born in Dresden, the eldest son of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg, the daughter of John...
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    Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Princess Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1663–1677), during the minorities of her sons, William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel...
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    Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1896) Princess Friederike of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Empress Shoken Princess Sophie of Bavaria Princess Sophie of...
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    accepted into the Fruitbearing Society, through the patronage of Duke William of Saxe-Weimar. His enormous expenditure on the arts compelled John George in 1661...
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    died Marktoberdorf, Allgäu, 27 July 1812), Archbishop of Trier Maria Kunigunde Dorothea Hedwig Franziska Xaveria Florentina (born Warsaw, 10 November...
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    1438 it was decided that Frederick, and not his rival Bernard IV, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, was entitled to exercise the Saxon electoral vote at the elections...
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    of Sweyn of Denmark and Erik of Sweden: Thietmar of Merseburg mentions that the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and sister of Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland...
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  • Francis Du Pont (1803–1865), American rear admiral, and his first cousin, Sophie Madeleine du Pont Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871), American diplomat...
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