List of Saxon consorts
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the Duchesses, Electresses and Queens of Saxony; the consorts of the Duke of Saxony and its successor states; including Electoral
Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...

, Royal
Kingdom of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony , lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. From 1871 it was part of the German Empire. It became a Free state in the era of Weimar Republic in 1918 after the end of World War...

, Ascanian, Albertine, and the Ernestine Saxony
Ernestine duchies
The Ernestine duchies, also called the Saxon duchies , were a changing number of small states largely located in the present German state of Thuringia, governed by dukes of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin.-Overview:The...

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Duchess of Saxony
Duchy of Saxony
The medieval Duchy of Saxony was a late Early Middle Ages "Carolingian stem duchy" covering the greater part of Northern Germany. It covered the area of the modern German states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony-Anhalt and most of Schleswig-Holstein...

 

  • ? - 800: Geva of Westfold, wife of Widukind
    Widukind
    Widukind was a pagan Saxon leader and the chief opponent of Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars. Widukind was the leader of the Saxons against the Frankish king Charlemagne...

    , daughter of the Danish king Goimo I and sister of the Danish kings Ragnar
    Ragnar Lodbrok
    Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...

     and Siegfried, d. a. 800

Liudolfing Dynasty
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Oda Billung, princep 805 before 830 845 866
husband's death
17 May 913 Liudolf
Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
Liudolf was a Saxon count, son of one count Brun and his wife Gisla von Verla ; later authors called him duke of the Eastern Saxons and count of Eastphalia...

Hedwiga
Hedwiga
Hedwiga was the daughter of Henry of Franconia and his wife Ingeltrude. She married Otto I, Duke of Saxony . They had three sons, Henry , Thankmar and Liudolf , as well as a daughter, Oda. Oda married Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia....

Henry of Franconia
Henry of Franconia
Henry , a son of Count Poppo of Grapfeld, one of the first Babenbergs, was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Charles the Fat. He was variously titled Count or Margrave of Saxony and Duke of Franconia....


(Babenberg)
850/55 869/70 2 February 880
husband's accession
24 December 903 Otto I
Otto I, Duke of Saxony
Otto , called the Illustrious by later authors, was the Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death. He was the younger son of Duke Liudolf of Saxony and his wife Oda of Billung, and succeeded his brother Bruno as duke after the latter's death in battle in 880...

Matilda of Ringelheim
Matilda of Ringelheim
Saint Mathilda was the wife of King Henry I of Germany, the first ruler of the Saxon Ottonian dynasty, thereby Duchess consort of Saxony from 912 and German Queen from 919 until 936. Their eldest son Otto succeeded his father as German King and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962...

Dietrich, Count of Westphalia
(Immedinger
Immedinger
The Immedinger were a noble family of medieval Saxony, descended from the Saxon leader Widukind. The most notable member was Saint Matilda , queen consort of King Henry I of Germany....

)
895 909 30 November 912
husband's accession
2 July 936
husband's death
14 March 968 Henry I
Henry I of Germany
Henry I the Fowler was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and German king from 919 until his death. First of the Ottonian Dynasty of German kings and emperors, he is generally considered to be the founder and first king of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia...

Eadgyth
Eadgyth
Edith of England , also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth, was the daughter of Edward the Elder, and the wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.-Life:...

Edward the Elder
Edward the Elder
Edward the Elder was an English king. He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex...


(Wessex
House of Wessex
The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, refers to the family that ruled a kingdom in southwest England known as Wessex. This House was in power from the 6th century under Cerdic of Wessex to the unification of the Kingdoms of England....

)
910 September 929 2 July 936
husband's accession
26 January 946 Otto II
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I the Great , son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, and "the first of the Germans to be called the emperor of Italy" according to Arnulf of Milan...

Adelaide of Italy and Burgundy
Adelaide of Italy
Saint Adelaide of Italy , also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor...

Rudolph II of Burgundy
Rudolph II of Burgundy
Rudolph II was king of Upper Burgundy , Lower Burgundy , and Italy . He was the son of Rudolph I, king of Upper Burgundy, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife, Guilla of Provence...


(Elder Welf
Elder House of Welf
The Elder House of Welf was a dynasty of European rulers in the 9th through 11th centuries to 1055. It consisted of two groups, a Burgundian group and a Swabian group. It is disputed whether the two groups formed one dynasty or whether they shared the same name by coincidence only.-Burgundian...

)
931 October/November 951 961
the Liudolfings replaced by the Billungs
16 December 999
Billung Dynasty
Oda - - - - - 15 March in an unknown year Hermann
Hildesuith of Westerbourg - - - - - -
Hildegarde of Stade Henry I, Count of Stade 974/7 990 9 February 1011
husband's death
3 October 1011 Bernard I
Bernard I, Duke of Saxony
Bernard I was the duke of Saxony , the second of the Billung dynasty, a son of Duke Herman and Oda. He extended his father's power considerably....

Eilika of Schweinfurt Henry of Schweinfurt
Henry of Schweinfurt
Henry of Schweinfurt was the Margrave of the Nordgau from 994 until 1004. He was called the "glory of eastern Franconia" by his own cousin, the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg....

1000 1020 10 December 1055/1056 Bernard II
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
Bernard II was the Duke of Saxony , the third of the Billung dynasty, a son of Bernard I and Hildegard. He had the rights of a count in Frisia....

Wulfhild of Norway Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...


(Fairhair)
- November 1042 29 June 1059
husband's accession
24 May 1071 Ordulf
Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
Ordulf was the duke of Saxony from 1059, when he succeeded his father Bernard II, until his death. He was a member of the Billung family.-Reign:...

Gertrude of Haldensleben Conrad, Count of Haldensleben - 1071, after May 28 March 1072
husband's death
21 February 1116
Sophia of Hungary Béla I of Hungary
(Árpád)
1045/50 after 6 March 1070 28 March 1072
husband's accession
18 June 1095 Magnus
Magnus, Duke of Saxony
Magnus was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Eldest son and successor of Ordulf and Wulfhild of Norway, he was the last member of the House of Billung.-Rebellion:...

Süpplingenburg Dynasty
Richenza of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim was a member of the dynasty of the Counts of Northeim, and a German Empress.She was the daughter of Henry the Fat of Northeim and Gertrud of Brunswick of the Brunonen dynasty....

Henry the Fat of Northeim, Margrave of Frisia
Henry, Margrave of Frisia
Henry the Fat , also known as Henry of Nordheim or Northeim, was from 1083 Count in Rittigau and Eichsfeld and from 1099 the Margrave of Frisia. He was the eldest son of Otto of Nordheim and Richenza of Swabia....


(Northeim)
1087/89 1100 23 August 1106
husband's accession
4 December 1137
husband's death
10 June 1141 Lothair
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III of Supplinburg , was Duke of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. The son of Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia...

Welf Dynasty (1)
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg Lothair
Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor
Lothair III of Supplinburg , was Duke of Saxony , King of Germany , and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137. The son of Count Gebhard of Supplinburg, his reign was troubled by the constant intriguing of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Duke Conrad of Franconia...


(Süpplingenburg)
18 April 1115 29 May 1127 4 December 1137
husband's accession
20 October 1139
husband's death
18 April 1143 Henry II
Ascanian Dynasty (1)
Sophie of Winzenburg Herman I, Count of Winzenburg - 1124, after 7 December 20 October 1139
husband's accession
1142
husband renounces claims
25 March 1160 Albert I
Welf Dynasty (2)
Clementia of Zähringen
Clementia of Zähringen
Clementia of Zähringen , was a daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen and his wife Clementia of Namur. By her first marriage, Clementia was Duchess consort of Bavaria and Saxony. By her second marriage she was Countess Consort of Savoy....

Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen
(Zähringen)
- 1147 23 November 1162
divorce
1167 Henry III
Henry the Lion
Henry the Lion was a member of the Welf dynasty and Duke of Saxony, as Henry III, from 1142, and Duke of Bavaria, as Henry XII, from 1156, which duchies he held until 1180....

Matilda of England
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
Matilda of England was the eldest daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Through her marriage with Henry the Lion, she was Duchess of Saxony and later of Bavaria.-Early life:...

Henry II of England
Henry II of England
Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...


(Plantagenet
House of Plantagenet
The House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the...

)
June 1156 1 February 1168 1180
husband lost duchy
13 July 1189
Ascanian Dynasty (2)
Judith of Poland Mieszko III the Old
Mieszko III the Old
Mieszko III the Old , of the royal Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death....


(Piasts)
before 1154 1173 1180
husband gained duchy
after 12 December 1201 Bernard III
Agnes of Austria Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
Leopold VI , called the Glorious, from the House of Babenberg, was Duke of Austria from 1198 to 1230 and of Styria from 1194 to 1230....


(Babenberg)
19 February 1205 1222 29 August 1226 Albert I
Albert I, Duke of Saxony
Albert I was a Duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia; Lord of Nordalbingia; Count of Anhalt; and Prince-elector and Archmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire...

Agnes of Thuringia Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
(Ludowinger)
1205 1238 1246
Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Otto I of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the first duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 until his death. He is called Otto the Child to distinguish him from his uncle, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor.-Early years:...


(Welf)
18 March 1223 1247 7 October 1260
husband's death
6 September 1273
Saxony split into the duchies of Saxe-Wittenberg
Saxe-Wittenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony. As the precursor of the Saxon Electorate, the Ascanian Wittenberg dukes prevailed in obtaining the Saxon electoral dignity.-Ascanian...

 and Saxe-Lauenburg who both claimed and used the titles of Dukes of Saxony, Westphalia and Angria .

Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg 

Ascanian Dynasty (3) - Saxe-Lauenburg line
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo Birger jarl
Birger jarl
, or Birger Magnusson, was a Swedish statesman, Jarl of Sweden and a member of the House of Bjelbo, who played a pivotal role in the consolidation of Sweden. Birger also led the Second Swedish Crusade, which established Swedish rule in Finland. Additionally, he is traditionally attributed to have...


(Bjelbo
House of Bjelbo
The House of Bjelbo , also known as the House of Folkung , was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided for several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings.- Name and origin :...

)
1253 1270 1282
husband resigned
30 June 1302 John I
John I, Duke of Saxony
Duke John I of Saxony was the elder son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick and Lunenburg, a daughter of Otto the Child...

Agnes of Habsburg
Agnes of Habsburg
Agnes of Habsburg was a daughter of Emperor Rudolph I of Germany and his first wife Countess Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.- Marriage :In 1273 she was married to Elector Albert II of Saxony...

Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...


(Habsburg)
1257 October 1273 1282
husband turned from co-ruling duke into regent for his minor nephews
11 October 1322 Albert II
Albert II, Duke of Saxony
Albert II of Saxony was a son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick and Lunenburg, a daughter of Otto the Child. He supported Rudolph I of Germany at his election as Roman king and became his son-in-law...

In 1305 Saxe-Lauenburg split into the duchies of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln (1305–1401) and Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg (1305–1689) who both used the titles of Dukes of Saxony, Westphalia and Angria.
Ascanian Dynasty (4) - Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln line
Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
(Schaumburg)
1300 1315 22 April 1322
husband's death
before 1340 John II
John II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
John II of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest son of John I of Saxony and Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland , a daughter or grandchild of Birger jarl. He ruled Saxony jointly with his uncle Albert II and his brothers Albert III and Eric I, first fostered by Albert II, until coming of age...

Beata of Schwerin Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin
Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin
Günzel VI of Schwerin was a son of Count Niklot I of Schwerin and his wife, Elisabeth of Holstein. In of, he succeeded his father in Schwerin-Wittenburg....

- by 30 May 1334 before 1341 Albert IV
Albert IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Albert IV of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest son of John II of Saxe-Lauenburg and Countess Elisabeth of Schauenburg and Holstein-Rendsburg , sister of Gerard III the Great...

Sophie of Werle-Güstrow John II, Lord of Werle-Güstrow
John II of Werle
John II, Lord of Werle[-Güstrow] nicknamed The Bald , was from 1309 to 1316 co-regent of Werle and from 1316 to 1337 Lord of Werle-Güstrow. He was the second eldest son of John I of Werle and Sophie of Lindau-Ruppin....


(Mecklenburg-Werle
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
1329 1341 February 1343
husband's death
5 September 1364
Katharina of Werle-Güstrow Nicholas III, Lord of Werle-Güstrow
Nicholas III of Werle
Nicholas III, Lord of Werle[-Güstrow], nicknamed Staveleke , was from 1337 to 1360 to Lord of Werle-Güstrow. He was the eldest son of John II of Werle-Güstrow and Matilda of Brunswick....


(Mecklenburg-Werle
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
- by 25 January 1366 1370
husband's death
after 17 December 1402 Albert V
Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Albert V of Saxe-Lauenburg was the second son of Duke Albert IV of Saxe-Lauenburg and Beata of Schwerin , daughter of Gunzelin VI, Count of Schwerin. Albert succeeded his elder brother John III in 1356 as Duke of Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln, a branch duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg...

In 1401 Saxe-Lauenburg reunited when the Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln line (1305–1401) was extinct with Eric IV of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg inheriting Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln.
Ascanian Dynasty (5) - Saxe-Lauenburg line (1305–1401 as Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg distinguished from Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln)
Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Margaret of Brandenburg
Margaret of Brandenburg-Salzwedel was a Polish queen consort as the spouse of king Przemysł II of Poland and later a Saxon duchess consort as spouse of Albert III of Saxe-Ratzeburg...

Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
(Ascania)
1270 24 September 1302
Papal
Pope Boniface VIII
Pope Boniface VIII , born Benedetto Gaetani, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303. Today, Boniface VIII is probably best remembered for his feuds with Dante, who placed him in the Eighth circle of Hell in his Divina Commedia, among the Simonists.- Biography :Gaetani was born in 1235 in...

 dispensation
Papal dispensation
Papal dispensation is a reserved right of the Pope that allows for individuals to be exempted from a specific Canon Law. Dispensations are divided into two categories: general, and matrimonial. Matrimonial dispensations can be either to allow a marriage in the first place, or to dissolve one...

October 1308
husband's death
1 May 1315 Albert III
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Albert III of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of John I, Duke of Saxony and Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland , a daughter or grandchild of Birger jarl. He ruled Saxony jointly with his uncle Albert II and his brothers Eric I and John II, first fostered by Albert II, until coming of age...


Elisabeth of Pomerania Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw IV , of the Griffins dynasty, was Duke of Pomerania for thirty years.Bogislaw was the eldest son of Duke Barnim I by his first wife, sometimes said to be a daughter of King Eric X of Sweden. He was an adult at his father's death in 1278, having been co-ruler since 1276...


(Pomerania
House of Pomerania
The House of Griffins or House of Pomerania, , also known as House of Greifen; House of Gryf, was a dynasty of Royal dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637, after their power was temporarily derivated to Prussian Royal House...

)
1291 1318 1338
husband resigned
after 16 October 1349 Eric I
Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of John I, Duke of Saxony and Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Småland , a daughter or grandchild of Birger jarl. He ruled Saxony jointly with his uncle Albert II and his brothers Albert III and John II, first fostered by Albert II, until coming of age...


Agnes of Holstein
Agnes of Holstein
Agnes of Holstein was a Countess of Holstein-Kiel by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. She was the daughter of Count John III of Holstein-Plön and Catherine Agnes of Holstein (died: 1386) was a Countess of Holstein-Kiel by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. She...

-Plön
John III, Count of Holstein-Plön
Johan of Plön
John III of Holstein-Plön , called John the Mild, was a Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel, ruling Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel . Together with Count Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg John III was the lord ruling in guardianship the Danish Duchy of Schleswig 1332–1340...


(Schaumburg)
- 1342/1349 1368
husband's death
1386/7 Eric II
Eric II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Elisabeth of Pomerania , daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania...

Sophie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Magnus , called Magnus with the Necklace or Magnus II, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, ruling the Brunswick-Lüneburg principalities of Wolfenbüttel and, temporarily, Lüneburg....


(Welf)
1358 8 April 1373 21 June 1411
husband's death
by 28 May 1416 Eric IV
Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric II of Saxe-Lauenburg and Agnes of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön, daughter of Count John III of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön.-Life:...

In 1401 Saxe-Lauenburg reunited as the Saxe-Bergedorf-Mölln line (1305–1401) extinct with Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg inheriting its duchy.
Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg Nikolaus, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
(Schaumburg)
1384 1404 21 June 1411
husband's accession
28 May 1416 Eric V
Eric V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric V of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sophia of Brunswick and Lunenburg , daughter of Duke Magnus II of Brunswick and Lunenburg . Eric V and his brother John IV jointly succeeded their father in 1412 as dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg...


Elisabeth of Weinsberg Conrad IX of Weinsberg 1397 before 1422 at latest end of 1436
husband's death
after 26 January 1498
Adelheid of Pomerania Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania
Bogislaw VIII was Duke of Pomerania in Pomerania-Stolp from 1395 until 1418. He was married to Sophie of Holstein, with whom he had Bogislaw IX and Adelheid of Pomerania , married with Duke Bernard II of Saxe-Lauenburg on 2 February 1429.The reign of Bogislaw was influenced by the contemporary...


(Pomerania
House of Pomerania
The House of Griffins or House of Pomerania, , also known as House of Greifen; House of Gryf, was a dynasty of Royal dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637, after their power was temporarily derivated to Prussian Royal House...

)
1410 2 February 1429 end of 1436
husband's accession
after 1444/45 Bernard II
Bernard II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Bernard II of Saxe-Lauenburg was a son of Duke Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sophia of Brunswick and Lunenburg , daughter of Duke Magnus II of Brunswick and Lunenburg ....

Dorothea of Brandenburg Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick II of Brandenburg , nicknamed "the Iron" and sometimes "Irontooth" , was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from 1440 until his abdication in 1470, and was a member of the House of Hohenzollern.-Biography:Frederick II was born in Tangermünde to Frederick I, Brandenburg's...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1446/1448 12 February 1464 15 August 1507
husband's death
March 1519 John V
John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
John V of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest son of Duke Bernard II of Saxe-Lauenburg and Adelheid of Pomerania-Stolp , daughter of Duke Bogislaus VIII of Pomerania-Stolp...

Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a member of the house of Welf and a Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.- Life :...

Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Elder or Henry the Evil, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1491 until his death.-Life:...


(Welf)
1488 17/20 November 1509 1 August 1543
husband's death
29 June 1563 Magnus I
Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg was a Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from the House of Ascania.-Life:...

Sybille of Saxony Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin.-Biography:Heinrich was the second son of Albert, Duke of Saxony and his wife Sidonie Podiebrad, princess of Bohemia...


(Wettin)
2 May 1515 8 February 1540 1 August 1543
husband's accession
1574
husband's reaccession
1571
husband's retirement
19 March 1581
husband's death
18 July 1592 Francis I
Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest child and only son of Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , daughter of Duke Henry IV the Evil of Brunswick and Lunenburg...

Sophia of Sweden
Princess Sophia of Sweden
Princess Sophia of Sweden also Sofia Gustavsdotter Vasa , was a Swedish princess, daughter of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden and Margareta Leijonhufvud, a Swedish noble...

Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden
Gustav I of Sweden, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known simply as Gustav Vasa , was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death....


(Vasa
House of Vasa
The House of Vasa was the Royal House of Sweden 1523-1654 and of Poland 1587-1668. It originated from a noble family in Uppland of which several members had high offices during the 15th century....

)
29 October 1547 4 July 1568, however, since 1578 permanently separated 1571
husband's accession on his father's retirement
19 March 1581
husband's accession on his father's death
1574
husband deposed by reaccession of his father
1588
husband deposed by his brothers
17 March 1611 Magnus II
Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg was the eldest surviving son of Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg , daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious. In 1571 Magnus II ascended the throne after his father Francis I resigned due to indebtedness...


Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
(Pomerania
House of Pomerania
The House of Griffins or House of Pomerania, , also known as House of Greifen; House of Gryf, was a dynasty of Royal dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637, after their power was temporarily derivated to Prussian Royal House...

)
9 March 1533 26 December 1574 19 March 1581
husband's accession
7 August 1581 Francis II
Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg , was the third son of Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg and Sybille of Saxe-Freiberg , daughter of Duke Henry IV the Pious of Saxony...


Translation Needed Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.- Life :...

Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Julius of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1568 until his death....


(Welf)
13 January 1566 10 November 1582 2 July 1619
husband's death
13 August 1626
Katharina von Spörck ? von Spörck
? 25 November 1581 1582
divorce
? Maurice
Elisabeth Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.He was a third son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse-Kassel . He became the first Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Lübeck and the Administrator of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen...


(Holstein-Gottorp
House of Holstein-Gottorp
The House of Holstein-Gottorp, a cadet branch of the Oldenburg dynasty, ruled Sweden from 1751 until 1818, and Norway from 1814 to 1818.In 1743 Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp was elected crown prince of Sweden as a Swedish concession to Russia, a strategy for achieving an acceptable peace...

)
12 December 1599 5 March 1621 25 November 1627 Augustus
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1619 and 1656. He was a son of Duke Francis II and his first wife Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast , daughter of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast...

Catharina of Oldenburg John VII (also numbered XVI), Count of Oldenburg
(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
20 September 1582 4 June 1633 29 February 1644
Anna Magdalene Popel of Lobkowitz William the Younger Popel of Lobkowicz
(Lobkowicz)
20 July 1606 18 August 1632 18 January 1656
husband's accession
20 November 1665
husband's death
7 September 1668 Julius Henry
Julius Henry, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1656 and 1665. Before ascending to the throne he served as Field Marshal in the imperial army.-Before regency:...

Sibylle Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Augustus of Saxe-Lauenburg was Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1619 and 1656. He was a son of Duke Francis II and his first wife Margaret of Pomerania-Wolgast , daughter of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast...


(Ascania)
30 July 1625 1654 20 November 1665
husband's accession
30 July 1666
husband's death
1 August 1703 Francis Erdmann
Francis Erdmann, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Francis Erdmann of Saxe-Lauenburg , was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1665 and 1666...

Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
Marie Hedwig Auguste of the Palatinate-Sulzbach was a Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by birth and by marriage, Archduchess of Austria-Tyrol and by her second marriage, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.- Life :...

Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Christian Augustus was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1632 until 1708.-Life:Christian Augustus was born in Sulzbach in 1622 as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. He succeeded his father in 1632. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler...


(Wittelsbach)
15 April 1650 9 April 1668 23 November 1681 Julius Francis
Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Julius Francis was duke of Saxe-Lauenburg between 1666 and 1689. He was a son of Duke Julius Henry and his third wife Anna Magdalena of Lobkowicz , daughter of Baron William the Younger Popel von Lobkowitz...

In 1689 the Saxe-Lauenburgian Ascanians were extinct in the male line. The House of Welf usurped the duchy,
inhibiting the heiress Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg
Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg
Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg was the legal Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg in the eyes of the Holy Roman Emperor, the overlord of Saxe-Lauenburg, from 1689 until 1728; however, because her distant cousin George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, conquered the duchy by force in 1689, she...

, and resucceeded with its Brunswick and Lunenburg-Celle line.
Welf Dynasty (3) – Brunswick and Lunenburg-Celle line
Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse
Eleonore d'Esmier d'Olbreuse
Éléonore d'Olbreuse was the wife of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and grandmother of George II of Great Britain. She was Countess of Wilhelmsburg from 1674 and Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg from 1676...

Alexandre II d'Esmier d'Olbreuse 3 January 1639 1676 28 August 1705
husband's death
5 February 1722 George William
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
George William was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Principality of Calenberg, a subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision. In 1689 he occupied the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg....

With the Celle line extinct (1705) the Brunswick and Lunenburg-Calenberg line succeeded, forming the Guelphic cadet branch House of Hanover
House of Hanover
The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

.
Welf Dynasty (4) – cadet branch House of Hanover
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach succeeded his father Albrecht V as margrave in 1667. He married his second wife Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach on 4 November 1681. Their daughter Wilhelmine Charlotte Caroline, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach married George II of Great...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1 March 1683 22 August 1705 11 June 1727
husband's accession
20 November 1737 George II Augustus
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the Queen consort of the United Kingdom as the wife of King George III...

Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow
(Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
19 May 1744 8 September 1761 about 6 April 1814
dynastic redeployment following Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...

17 November 1818 George III
Saxe-Lauenburg gained de jure sovereignty at the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

 on 6 August 1806, but was de facto submitted to occupations, liberation, reoccupation, and annexation during the Great French War in 1803, 1805, 1806 and 1807. However, the House of Hanover
House of Hanover
The House of Hanover is a deposed German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the Kingdom of Hanover, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

 maintained its claim until the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...

 in 1814, with the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

 then succeeding.
House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
thumb|Queen Marie Sophie portrayed by [[Cornelius Høyer]] Marie Sophie Frederikke of Hesse-Kassel was Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway. She also served as Regent of Denmark in 1814–1815.-Background:...

Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
28 October 1767 31 July 1790 after 6 April 1814
husband gained duchy
3 December 1839
husband's death
21/22 March 1852 Frederick I
Frederick VI of Denmark
Frederick VI reigned as King of Denmark , and as king of Norway .-Regent of Denmark:Frederick's parents were King Christian VII and Caroline Matilda of Wales...

Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
28 July 1796 22 May 1815 3 December 1839
husband's accession
20 January 1848
husband's death
9 March 1881 Christian I
Christian VIII of Denmark
Christian VIII , was king of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, king of Norway in 1814. He was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen...

Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Louise of Hesse was a German Princess and the queen consort to King Christian IX of Denmark.-Early Life and Ancestry:...

Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
7 September 1817 26 May 1842 5 November 1863
husband's accession
30 October 1864
Conquest by Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

29 September 1898 Christian II
Christian IX of Denmark
Christian IX was King of Denmark from 16 November 1863 to 29 January 1906.Growing up as a prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a junior branch of the House of Oldenburg which had ruled Denmark since 1448, Christian was originally not in the immediate line of succession to the Danish...

In 1864, after the Second Schleswig War, the House of Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

 lost the Duchy. The House of Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

 gained the duchy.
House of Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Charles Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt.Charles Frederick succeeded his famous father as Grand Duke...


(Wettin)
30 September 1811 11 June 1829 30 October 1864
husband gained duchy
1876'
title turned void, when Saxe-Lauenburg merged in real union
Real union
Real union is a union of two or more states, which share some state institutions as in contrast to personal unions; however they are not as unified as states in a political union...

 into Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...

7 January 1890 William
In 1876 the Saxe-Lauenburgian Estates of the Realm
Estates of the realm
The Estates of the realm were the broad social orders of the hierarchically conceived society, recognized in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Christian Europe; they are sometimes distinguished as the three estates: the clergy, the nobility, and commoners, and are often referred to by...

 and Duke William decided to give up Saxe-Lauenburg’s statehood. The duchy was thus merged as district Duchy of Lauenburg into the Prussian
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918. Until the defeat of Germany in World War I, it comprised almost two-thirds of the area of the German Empire...

 province of Schleswig-Holstein
Province of Schleswig-Holstein
The Province of Schleswig-Holstein was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946. It was created from the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, which had been conquered by Prussia and the Austrian Empire from Denmark in the Second War of Schleswig in 1864...

. In 1890, German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg , simply known as Otto von Bismarck, was a Prussian-German statesman whose actions unified Germany, made it a major player in world affairs, and created a balance of power that kept Europe at peace after 1871.As Minister President of...

 was awarded the honorific
Honorific
An honorific is a word or expression with connotations conveying esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Sometimes, the term is used not quite correctly to refer to an honorary title...

 title of Duke of Lauenberg, but he was never sovereign ruler of the territory.
Bismarck family
Bismarck family
The House of Bismarck is a German noble family that rose to great prominence with 19th century statesman Otto von Bismarck, who was conferred the hereditary title of Prince of Bismarck in 1871, and additionally a hereditary comital title in 1865 and a ducal title, Duke of Lauenburg, held only for...

Johanna von Puttkamer
Johanna von Puttkamer
Johanna Friederike Charlotte Dorothea Eleonore von Puttkamer was a Prussian noblewoman, also known as Johanna von Bismarck. She was the sister of statesman Robert von Puttkamer....

Eugen von Puttkamer, Oberpräsident of Posen
(Puttkamer
Puttkamer
The family von Puttkamer belongs to a widely extended German noble family whose earliest ancestor is first recorded between 1257 and 1260. While some of its branches have the title of Graf , others are entitled to the lesser Freiherr...

)
11 April 1824 28 July 1847 1890
husband received courtesy title
27 November 1894 Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg , simply known as Otto von Bismarck, was a Prussian-German statesman whose actions unified Germany, made it a major player in world affairs, and created a balance of power that kept Europe at peace after 1871.As Minister President of...


Duchess of Saxe-Wittenberg
Saxe-Wittenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony. As the precursor of the Saxon Electorate, the Ascanian Wittenberg dukes prevailed in obtaining the Saxon electoral dignity.-Ascanian...

 

Ascanian Dynasty (3) - Saxe-Wittenberg line
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Agnes of Habsburg
Agnes of Habsburg
Agnes of Habsburg was a daughter of Emperor Rudolph I of Germany and his first wife Countess Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.- Marriage :In 1273 she was married to Elector Albert II of Saxony...

Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I of Germany
Rudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...


(Habsburg)
1257 October 1273 25 August 1298
husband's death
11 October 1322 Albert II
Albert II, Duke of Saxony
Albert II of Saxony was a son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick and Lunenburg, a daughter of Otto the Child. He supported Rudolph I of Germany at his election as Roman king and became his son-in-law...

Judith of Brandenburg Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
(Ascania)
1275/86 1298 25 August 1298
husband's accession
9 May 1328 Rudolph I
Kunigunde of Poland
Kunigunde of Poland
Kunigunde of Poland was a daughter of Władysław I the Elbow-high and his wife Jadwiga of Greater Poland. Her siblings included, Casimir III of Poland and Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary. She was a member of the House of Piast.- Biography :...

Władysław I the Elbow-high
(Piast)
before 1298 28 August 1328 9 April 1333
Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin 18 December 1314 1333 9 May 1343
After 1355, the duchesses of Saxe-Wittenberg were also the Electresses of Saxony.
Elisabeth of Hesse Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I of Hesse , Landgrave of Hesse.He was a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Following the death of his father in 1308, he inherited Upper Hesse, the "Land on the Lahn", which included Marburg, Giessen, Grünberg and Alsfeld...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
- before 8 May 1336
or
circa 1346
11 March 1356
husband's accession
6 December 1370
husband's death
30 May 1373 Rudolph II
Cecilia of Carrara Francis of Carrara, Count of Padua
(Carrara)
- before 11 May 1371
or
23 January 1376
15 May 1388
husband's death
1427/1435 Wenceslas I
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...

Anna of Thuringia Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia from the House of Wettin.- Life :Balthasar was the second son of Frederick the Serious...


(Wettin)
1377 before 30 November 1389 15 May 1388
husband's accession
4 July 1395 Rudolph III
Barbara of Silesia-Liegnitz Rupert I, Duke of Silesia-Liegnitz
Rupert I of Legnica
Rupert I of Legnica was a Duke of Legnica since 1364 until his death, and also regent over half of the Duchy of Głogów-Żagań during 1397–1401....


(Piast)
1372/84 6 March 1396 11 June 1419
husband's death
17 May 1435/6
Euphemia of Oels Conrad II, Duke of Oels
Konrad III the Old
Konrad III the Old was a Duke of Oleśnica, Koźle, half of Bytom and half of Ścinawa since 1377 ....


(Piast)
1390 14 January 1402 or 14 January 1420? 11 June 1419
husband's accession
12 November 1422
husband's death
1444 Albert III
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Duke Albert III of Saxe-Wittenberg was the last Wittenberg Ascanian and prince-elector of the German Nation.- Life :When Prince-Elector Rudolf III was poisoned in 1419 and died, his younger brother Albert III, , also known as Albert the Poor, took over the running of Saxe-Wittenberg...


Saxe-Meißen, incorporating Saxe-Wittenberg in 1547

Wettin Dynasty, Albertine Line
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Sidonie Podiebrad of Bohemia George of Kunštát and Poděbrady, King of Bohemia
George of Podebrady
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady , also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad , was King of Bohemia...


(Poděbrady
Podebrady
Poděbrady is a historical spa town in the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the river Labe 50 km east of Prague on the D11 highway. A historic milestone in the life of the town was the year 1905, when it was visited by the German estate owner Prince von Bülow...

)
14 November 1449 11 November 1464 12 September 1500
husband's death
1 February 1510 Albert III
Barbara Jagiellon Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland
Casimir IV Jagiellon
Casimir IV KG of the House of Jagiellon was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440, and King of Poland from 1447, until his death.Casimir was the second son of King Władysław II Jagiełło , and the younger brother of Władysław III of Varna....


(Jagiellon)
15 July 1478 21 November 1496 12 September 1500
husband's accession
15 February 1534 George
George, Duke of Saxony
George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony , was duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539.Duke George was a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.-Early life:...

Katharina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Catherine of Mecklenburg
Catherine of Mecklenburg , Duchess of Saxony, was the daughter of the Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg and Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin. She married on 6 July 1512 in Freiberg Duke Henry the Pious of Saxony...

Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow
Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow
Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow was duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1477 until his death.He was the son of Henry IV the Fat, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Dorothea of Hohenzollern, daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg...


(Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
1487 6 July 1512 17 April 1539
husband's accession
18 August 1541
husband's death
6 June 1561 Henry IV
Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin.-Biography:Heinrich was the second son of Albert, Duke of Saxony and his wife Sidonie Podiebrad, princess of Bohemia...

Translation Needed Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.- Life :...

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany....


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
31 May 1527 9 January 1541 18 August 1541
husband's accession
24 April 1547
became electress
4 November 1555 Maurice

Saxe-Thuringia, including Saxe-Wittenberg until 1547

Wettin Dynasty, Ernestine Line
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Sybille of Cleves
Sybille of Cleves
Sybille of Cleves was Electress consort of Saxony.She was the eldest daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, and a sister of Anne of Cleves and Amalia of Cleves. Sybille's mother was Maria of Jülich-Berg .In September, 1526 Sybille married John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony...

John III, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves
John III the Peaceful, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark was a son of John II, Duke of Cleves and Matilda of Hesse, daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse.John III became Regent of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1521, and Lord of Ravensberg in 1528.John represented...


(De la Marck
De la Marck
The House of La Marck, , original German name von der Mark, was an important family in the history of Europe, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark.-History:...

)
17 January 1512 9 February 1527 24 April 1547
husband lost electorate
21 February 1554 John Frederick I
Translation Needed Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.- Life :...

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany....


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
31 May 1527 26 May 1555 4 November 1555 John Frederick II
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II of Saxony , was duke of Saxony, and briefly, Elector of Saxony .He was the eldest son of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sybille of Cleves.-Reign and military ambitions:...

Translation Needed Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Simmern Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine in 1559...


(Palatinate-Simmern)
30 June 1540 12 June 1558 November 1566
husband's imprisoned
8 February 1594

Electress of Saxony

See: Electresses of Saxony.

House of Ascania
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Electress Ceased to be Electress Death Husband
Elisabeth of Hesse Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I, Landgrave of Hesse
Otto I of Hesse , Landgrave of Hesse.He was a son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse and his first wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Lunenburg. Following the death of his father in 1308, he inherited Upper Hesse, the "Land on the Lahn", which included Marburg, Giessen, Grünberg and Alsfeld...


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
- before 8 May 1336 or 1346 11 March 1356
husband's accession
6 December 1370
husband's death
30 May 1373 Rudolph II
Cecilia of Carrara Francis of Carrara, Count of Padua
(Carrara)
- 23 January 1376 15 May 1388
husband's death
1427/1435 Wenceslas I
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire as well as Prince of Lüneburg. He was the son of Rudolf I and his 3rd wife, Agnes of Lindow.- Life :In 1370 Wenceslas succeeded his brother Rudolf II...

Anna of Thuringia Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia from the House of Wettin.- Life :Balthasar was the second son of Frederick the Serious...


(Wettin)
1377 before 30 November 1389 15 May 1388
husband's accession
4 July 1395 Rudolph III
Barbara of Legnica Rupert I of Legnica
Rupert I of Legnica
Rupert I of Legnica was a Duke of Legnica since 1364 until his death, and also regent over half of the Duchy of Głogów-Żagań during 1397–1401....


(Piast)
1384 6 March 1396 11 June 1419
husband's death
17 May 1435/6
Euphemia of Olésnica Konrad III of Olésnica
Konrad III the Old
Konrad III the Old was a Duke of Oleśnica, Koźle, half of Bytom and half of Ścinawa since 1377 ....


(Piast)
1390 14 January 1420 12 November 1422
husband's death
1444 Albert III
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Duke Albert III of Saxe-Wittenberg was the last Wittenberg Ascanian and prince-elector of the German Nation.- Life :When Prince-Elector Rudolf III was poisoned in 1419 and died, his younger brother Albert III, , also known as Albert the Poor, took over the running of Saxe-Wittenberg...

House of Wettin
Katharine of Brünswick-Lüneburg Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called Henry the Mild, was prince of Lüneburg from 1388 to 1409 jointly with his brother Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from 1400 to 1409 also of Wolfenbüttel, and from 1409 until his death sole prince of Lüneburg.Henry was the...


(Welf)
1395 8 February 1402 6 January 1423
husband's accession
4 January 1428
husband's death
28 December 1442 Frederick I
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
Frederick IV of Meissen and Elector of Saxony was Margrave of Meissen and Elector of Saxony from 1381 until his death. He is not to be confused with his cousin Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, the son of Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia...

Margaret of Austria Ernest, Duke of Austria
Ernest, Duke of Austria
Ernest the Iron was Duke of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1406 until his death. He was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, of the Leopoldian line, whose head of the family he was from 1411 to 1424.-Biography:...


(Habsburg)
1416/17 3 June 1431 7 September 1464
husband's death
12 February 1486 Frederick II
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
Frederick II was Elector of Saxony and was Landgrave of Thuringia .-Biography:...

Elisabeth of Bavaria Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Albert III the Pious of Bavaria-Munich , , since 1438 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. He was born to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria and Elisabetta Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti.-Life:Albert was born in Munich....


(Wittelsbach)
2 February 1443 19 November 1460 7 September 1464
husband's accession
5 March 1486 Ernest
Ernest, Elector of Saxony
Ernst, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.-Biography:Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as his wife and cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and their...

Sybille of Cleves
Sybille of Cleves
Sybille of Cleves was Electress consort of Saxony.She was the eldest daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves, and a sister of Anne of Cleves and Amalia of Cleves. Sybille's mother was Maria of Jülich-Berg .In September, 1526 Sybille married John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony...

John III, Duke of Cleves
John III, Duke of Cleves
John III the Peaceful, Duke of Cleves and Count of Mark was a son of John II, Duke of Cleves and Matilda of Hesse, daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse.John III became Regent of the United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg in 1521, and Lord of Ravensberg in 1528.John represented...


(De la Marck
De la Marck
The House of La Marck, , original German name von der Mark, was an important family in the history of Europe, which from about 1200 appeared as the Counts of Mark.-History:...

)
17 January 1512 9 February 1527 16 August 1532
husband's accession
24 April 1547
husband's desposition
21 February 1554 John Frederick I
In 1464 the House of Wettin split into Albertine and Ernestine line, holding the title of elector until 1547, thereafter passed on to the former.
House of Wettin – Ernestine line
Translation Needed Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.- Life :...

Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Philip I of Hesse, , nicknamed der Großmütige was a leading champion of the Protestant Reformation and one of the most important of the early Protestant rulers in Germany....


(Hesse
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
31 May 1527 9 January 1541 24 April 1547
husband's accession
9 July 1553
husband's death
4 November 1555 Maurice
Maurice, Elector of Saxony
Maurice was Duke and later Elector of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity....

Anna of Denmark Christian III of Denmark
Christian III of Denmark
Christian III reigned as king of Denmark and Norway. He was the eldest son of King Frederick I and Anna of Brandenburg.-Childhood:...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
22 November 1532 7 October 1548 9 July 1553
husband's accession
1 October 1585 Augustus
Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Augustus was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.-First years:Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family...

Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt
Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt
Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt was a Princess of Anhalt by birth, an Abbess of Gernrode, and by marriage Electress of Saxony and later Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön....

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
Joachim Ernest of Anhalt , was a German prince of the House of Ascania, ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and from 1570 sole ruler of all the Anhalt lands....


(Ascania)
12 March 1573 3 January 1586 11 February 1586
husband's death
3 November 1616
Sophie of Brandenburg
Sophie of Brandenburg
Sophie of Brandenburg was a Princess of Brandenburg and by marriage Electress of Saxony. From 1591 she was the regent of Saxony during the minority of her son Christian II.- Biography :...

John George, Elector of Brandenburg
John George, Elector of Brandenburg
John George of Brandenburg was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and a Duke of Prussia...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
6 June 1568 25 April 1582 11 February 1586
husband's accession
25 September 1591
husband's death
7 December 1622 Christian I
Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Christian I of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591.He was the sixth but second surviving son of Elector Augustus of Saxony and Anna of Denmark...

Hedwig of Denmark
Hedwig of Denmark
Princess Hedwig of Denmark was the youngest daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Electress of Saxony from 1602 to 1611 as the wife of Christian II....

Frederick II of Denmark
Frederick II of Denmark
Frederick II was King of Denmark and Norway and duke of Schleswig from 1559 until his death.-King of Denmark:Frederick II was the son of King Christian III of Denmark and Norway and Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg. Frederick II stands as the typical renaissance ruler of Denmark. Unlike his father, he...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
5 August 1581 12 September 1602 23 June 1611
husband's death
26 November 1641 Christian II
Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia was an Electress of Saxony as the spouse of John George I, Elector of Saxony.-Life:...

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
Albert Frederick was duke of Prussia from 1568 until his death. He was a son of Albert of Prussia and Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He was the second and last Prussian duke of the Ansbach branch of the Hohenzollern family.-Duke of Prussia:...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
31 December 1586 19 July 1607 23 June 1611
husband's accession
8 October 1656
husband's death
12 February 1659 John George I
John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg....

Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was Electress of Saxony from 1656 to 1680 as the wife of John George II...

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach ....


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1 November 1612 13 November 1638 8 October 1656
husband's accession
22 August 1680
husband's death
20 March 1687 John George II
John George II, Elector of Saxony
John George was the Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680.He was the third but eldest surviving son of the Elector John George I of Saxony and Magdalene Sybille of Prussia, his second spouse....

Anna Sophie of Denmark Frederick III of Denmark
Frederick III of Denmark
Frederick III was king of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death. He instituted absolute monarchy in Denmark and Norway in 1660, confirmed by law in 1665 as the first in western historiography. He was born the second-eldest son of Christian IV of Denmark and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
1 September 1647 9 October 1666 22 August 1680
husband's accession
12 September 1691
husband's death
1 July 1717 John George III
John George III, Elector of Saxony
Johann Georg III was Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691.-Early life:Johann Georg was the only son of the Elector Johann Georg II and Magdalene Sybille of Brandenburg-Bayreuth....

Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach .He was the fifth but third surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....


(Wettin)
13 April 1662 17 April 1692 27 April 1694
husband's death
9 September 1696 John George IV
John George IV, Elector of Saxony
John George IV was Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694.He was the eldest son of the Elector John George III and Anna Sophie of Denmark.-First years as elector:...

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was Electress of Saxony from 1694 to 1727 and titular Queen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1697 to 1727 as the wife of Augustus II the Strong. Not once throughout the whole of her thirty-year queenship did she set foot in Poland, instead...

Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth....


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
19 December 1671 20 January 1693 27 April 1694
husband's accession
4 September 1727 Frederick Augustus I
Maria Josepha of Austria
Maria Josepha of Austria
Maria Josepha of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria, and from 1711 to 1713 was heiress presumptive to the Habsburg Empire...

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph I , Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, King of the Romans was the elder son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg....


(Habsburg)
8 December 1699 20 August 1719 1 February 1733
husband's accession
17 November 1757 Frederick Augustus II
Maria Antonia of Bavaria Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII Albert a member of the Wittelsbach family, was Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 until his death in 1745...


(Wittelsbach)
18 July 1724 20 June 1747 5 October 1763
husband's accession
17 December 1763
husband's death
23 April 1780 Frederick Christian
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for less than three months in 1763...

Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
(Palatinate-Birkenfeld
House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Birkenfeld , later Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, was the name of a collateral line of the Palatine Wittelsbachs. The Counts Palatine from this line initially ruled over only a relatively unimportant territory, namely the Palatine share of the Rear County of Sponheim; however, their...

)
10 May 1752 29 January 1769 20 December 1806
elevated to Queen consort
15 November 1828 Frederick Augustus III

Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels
Saxe-Weissenfels
Saxe-Weissenfels was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656/7 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the line....

 

Duchesses of Saxe-Weissenfels
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a German noblewoman, a member of the House of Mecklenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels....

Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
1 July 1627 23 November 1647 22 April 1657
husband's accession
11 December 1669 August
August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg....

Johanna Walpurgis of Leiningen-Westerburg George William , Count of Leiningen-Westerburg
(Leiningen-Westerburg)
3 June 1647 29 January 1672 4 August 1680
husband's death
4 November 1687
Johanna Magdalene of Saxe-Altenburg Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Frederick Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the youngest son of Frederick Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife...


(Wettin)
14 January 1656 25 October 1671 4 August 1680
husband's accession
22 January 1686 John Adolph I
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin....

Fredericka Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach .He was the fifth but third surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....


(Wettin)
5 May 1669 7 January 1698 16 March 1712
husband's death
12 November 1730 John George
Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin....

Louise Christine of Stolberg-Stolberg-Ortenberg Christoph Ludwigs I, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg-Ortenberg
(Stolberg
House of Stolberg
The counts of Stolberg are members of a large German noble family that has many branches.- History :There are over ten different theories about the origin of the counts of Stolberg, but none has been become commonly accepted. However, it is most likely that they are descended from the counts of...

)
21 January 1675 12 May 1712 28 June 1736
husband's death
16 May 1738 Christian
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin....

Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.He was the fifth child and first son of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels....


(Wettin)
17 July 1715 27 November 1734 28 June 1736
husband's accession
16 May 1746
husband's death
2 May 1775 John Adolph II
Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was the last duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin. He was also a commander in the Saxon army....

In 1746, the line of Saxe-Weissenfels became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Electorate.
Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby, Countess of Barby
Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dessau...


(Ascania)
1 May 1665 30 March 1686 5 October 1706 Henry
Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby
Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby , was a German prince of the House of Wettin and count of Barby....

Auguste Louise of Württemberg-Bernstadt Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Duke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels was Duke of the Oels-Württemberg.- Descent :...


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
21 January 1698 18 February 1721 16 February 1728
husband's accession
1732
divorce
4 January 1739 George Albert
Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby
Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby , was a German prince of the House of Wettin and the last count of Barby....

In 1739, the line of Saxe-Weissenfels-Barby became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels.
Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme
Emilie Agnes of Reuss-Schleiz Heinrich I, Count of Reuss-Schleiz
(Reuss-Schleiz)
11 August 1667 13 February 1711 16 April 1715
husband's death
15 October 1729 Frederick
In 1715, the line of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg
Saxe-Merseburg
TheDuchy of Saxe-Merseburg was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation with Merseburg as its capital. It existed from 1656/57 to 1738 and was owned by the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.- Emergence :...

 

Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Christiane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Philipp, Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
22 September 1634 19 November 1650 22 April 1657
husband's accession
18 October 1691
husband's death
20 May 1701 Christian I
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg , was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin....

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz
Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz
Erdmuthe Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Zeitz was the wife of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg, whom she married on 14 October 1679 at Moritzburg Palace in Zeitz.- Regent of the duchy of Saxe-Merseburg :...

Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin.Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia....


(Wettin)
13 November 1661 14 October 1679 18 October 1691
husband's accession
20 October 1694
husband's death
29 April 1720 Christian II
Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg , was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin....

Translation Needed Henriette Charlotte of Nassau-Idstein Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Idstein
(Nassau-Idstein
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...

)
9 November 1693 4 November 1711 21 April 1731
husband's death
8 April 1734 Maurice William
Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg , was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin....

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
3 September 1668 29 March 1692 21 April 1731
husband's accession
28 July 1738
husband's death
25 August 1738 Henry
Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg , was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin....

In 1738, the line of Saxe-Merseburg became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Electorate.
Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig
Hedwig of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
12 January 1666 1 December 1686 27 March 1715
husband's death
9 August 1735 August
August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig
August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig , was a German prince and member of the House of Wettin....

In 1715, the line of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg.
Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
John Ernest II , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.He was the second but eldest surviving son of William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....


(Wettin)
22 March 1660 9 July 1684 4 February 1687 Philipp
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt , was a German prince. He was a member of the House of Wettin....

Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Bernstadt Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Duke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels was Duke of the Oels-Württemberg.- Descent :...


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
22 February 1673 17 August 1688 1 July 1690
husband's death
28 April 1736
In 1690, the line of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg.
Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg
Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow Gustav Adolf, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
(Mecklenburg-Güstrow
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
3 September 1668 29 March 1692 21 April 1731
became Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg
25 August 1738 Henry
Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg , was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin....


Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz
Saxe-Zeitz
The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation from 1656/57 to 1718. Its capital was Zeitz. It was owned by the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.- History :...

 

Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Translation Needed Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.Wilhelm was the fifth son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt...


(Wettin)
14 October 1641 3 July 1656 22 April 1657
husband's accession
11 June 1675 Maurice
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin.Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia....

Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg Philipp Louis, Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
4 May 1653 14 June 1676 4 December 1681
husband's death
19 August 1684
Marie Amalie of Brandenburg Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
16 November 1670 25 June 1689 15 November 1718
husband's death
17 November 1739 Maurice William
In 1718, the line of Saxe-Zeitz became extinct and their land were reincorporated into the Electorate.
Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg-Pegau-Neustadt
Sophie Angelika of Württemberg-Bernstadt Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
Duke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels was Duke of the Oels-Württemberg.- Descent :...


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
30 May 1677 23 April 1699 after 23 April 1699
husband receives appanage
11 November 1700 Frederick Henry
Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
Frederick Heinrich of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt , was a German prince of the House of Wettin....

Anna Fredericka Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg Philipp Louis, Duke Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
4 July 1665 27 February 1702 December 1713
husband's death
25 February 1748
In 1718, the line of Saxe-Merseburg-Pegau-Neustadt became extinct, after Duke Maurice Adolf Karl became a priest, and their land were reincorporated into the Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz.

Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weimar was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar.-Division of Leipzig:...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Dorothea Susanne of the Palatinate Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick III, Elector Palatine
Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, branch Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine in 1559...


(Wittelsbach)
15 November 1544 15 June 1560 1572
Saxe-Weimar created
2 March 1573
husband's death
8 April 1592 John William
John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
John William , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was also the last Duke of Saxony and Landgrave of Thuringia.He was the second son of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sybille of Cleves....

Sophie of Württemberg Christoph, Duke of Württemberg
Christoph, Duke of Württemberg
Christoph of Württemberg, Duke of Württemberg ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1550 until his death in 1568....


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
20 November 1563 5 May 1583 21 July 1590 Frederick William I
Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Frederick William I , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the eldest son of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.-Life:...

Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
Philip Louis of Neuburg was the Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1569 until 1614.-Life:Philip Louis was born in Zweibrücken in 1547 as the eldest son of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After his father's death in 1569, his lands were partitioned between Philip Louis and his four brothers -...


(Wittelsbach)
18 August 1575 9 September 1591 7 July 1602'
husband's death
11 February 1643
Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
Dorothea Maria of Anhalt , was by birth a member of the House of Ascania and princess of Anhalt...

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
Joachim Ernest of Anhalt , was a German prince of the House of Ascania, ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, and from 1570 sole ruler of all the Anhalt lands....


(Ascania)
2 July 1574 7 January 1593 7 July 1602
husband's death
18 July 1605
husband's death
18 July 1617 John
Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George I of Anhalt-Dessau was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of Anhalt...


(Ascania)
16 February 1602 23 May 1625 17 May 1662
husband's death
26 December 1664 William
Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
23 June 1638 14 August 1656 17 May 1662
husband's accession
7 June 1679 John Ernest II
Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena , was duke of Saxe-Jena.He was the seventh child but fourth surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....


(Saxe-Jena)
20 December 1669 2 November 1683 23 August 1690
divorce
6 January 1703 William Ernest
William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Weimar was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.He was born in Weimar, the eldest son of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Christine Elisabeth of Holstein-Sonderburg....


co-Duke
Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
John VI of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....


(Ascania)
9 March 1663 11 October 1685 14 September 1694 John Ernest III 
co-Duke
Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg , also known as the Prince of Homburg was Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg. He was also a successful and experienced general for the crowns of both Sweden and of Brandenburg, but is best remembered as the eponymous hero of Heinrich von Kleist's play Der Prinz von Homburg.-...


(Hesse-Homburg
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
17 June 1672 4 November 1694 10 May 1707
husband's death
29 August 1738
Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
Emmanuel Lebrecht of Anhalt-Köthen , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen....


(Ascania)
29 November 1694 24 January 1716 29 September 1728 Ernest Augustus I
Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles , Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a German prince, member of the House of Hohenzollern, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth .-Family:He was the eldest of the fourteen children born...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
27 July 1713 7 April 1734 2 March 1747
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Brunswick-Bevern)
24 October 1739 16 March 1756 28 May 1758
husband's death
10 April 1807 Ernest Augustus II
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg....


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
30 January 1757 3 October 1775 1809
Weimar and Eisenach united
14 February 1830 Charles Augustus

Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
Sachsen-Coburg-Eisenach was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire. It existed during two fairly short periods: 1572-1596 and 1633-1638. Its territory was part of the modern states of Bavaria and Thuringia.- History :...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Elisabeth of Mansfeld-Hinterort John, Count of Mansfeld-Hinterort
(Mansfeld
House of Mansfeld
The House of Mansfeld was a princely German house, which took its name from the town of Mansfeld in the present-day state of Saxony-Anhalt. Mansfelds were archbishops, generals, supporters as well as opponents of Martin Luther, and Habsburg administrators....

)
1565 23 November 1591 12 April 1596 John Ernest
John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach and later of Saxe-Coburg.He was the fourth and youngest son of Johann Frederick II, Duke of Saxony and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim.His grandfather, Johann Frederick I, had still held the title of Elector of Saxony, but...

Translation Needed Anna of Saxony Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Augustus was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.-First years:Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family...


(Wettin)
16 November 1567 16 January 1586 1593
divorce
27 January 1613 John Casimir
John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
John Casimir of Saxe-Coburg , was a duke of Saxe-Coburg.He was the third but eldest surviving son of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim....


Duchess of Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.After the Division of Erfurt in 1572, Coburg was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, ruled by the Ernestine duke John Casimir jointly with his brother John Ernest. In 1596...

 

First Creation
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Need Translation Margarethe of Brunswick-Lüneburg William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wilhelm , called William the Younger, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1559 until his death. Until 1569 he ruled together with his brother Henry of Dannenberg....


(Welf)
6 April 1573 16 September 1599 3 October 1638
husband's death
7 August 1643 John Casimir
John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
John Casimir of Saxe-Coburg , was a duke of Saxe-Coburg.He was the third but eldest surviving son of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim....

Christine of Hesse-Kassel William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William IV of Hesse-Kassel , also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel . He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.-Life:...


(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
19 October 1578 14 May 1598 23 October 1638
husband's death
19 August 1658 John Ernest
John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach and later of Saxe-Coburg.He was the fourth and youngest son of Johann Frederick II, Duke of Saxony and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim.His grandfather, Johann Frederick I, had still held the title of Elector of Saxony, but...

Second Creation
Need Translation Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....


(Welf)
7 January 1638 18 July 1676 15 February 1687 Albert V
Susanne Elisabeth Kempinsky Nikolaus Kempinsky
(Kempinsky)
1643 24 May 1688 6 August 1699
husband's death
2 Dezember 1717

Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Eisenach was the name of an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The State intermittendly existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire...

 

First Creation
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Christine of Hesse-Kassel William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
William IV of Hesse-Kassel , also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel . He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.-Life:...


(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
19 October 1578 14 May 1598 23 October 1638
husband's death
19 August 1658 John Ernest
John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach and later of Saxe-Coburg.He was the fourth and youngest son of Johann Frederick II, Duke of Saxony and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim.His grandfather, Johann Frederick I, had still held the title of Elector of Saxony, but...

Second Creation
Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Frederick William I , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the eldest son of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.-Life:...


(Wettin)
26 June 1601 24 June 1633 1640
Saxe-Eisenach partitioned from Weimar
20 December 1644
husband's death
10 April 1675 Albert IV
Third Creation
Need Translation Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg , called the Younger, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In the estate division of the House of Welf of 1635, he received the Principality of Wolfenbüttel....


(Welf)
7 January 1638 18 January 1663 22 November 1668
husband's death
15 February 1687 Adolf William
Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.He was the fourth but second surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....

Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of mediæval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg married the heiress Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein in 1345...

)
27 August 1626 29 May 1661 23 February 1671
husband's accession
19 September 1686
Union of Marksuhl and Eisenach
28 September 1701 John George I
Sofie Charlotte of Württemberg-Stuttgart Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1628 until his death in 1674....


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
1671 20 September 1688 10 November 1698
husband's death
1717 John George II
John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.He was the second son of Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein....

Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach Margrave Charles Gustav of Baden-Durlach
(Zähringen)
12 September 1678 27 February 1697 10 November 1698
husband's accession
10 July 1707 John William III
John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.He was the third son of Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein...

Need Translation Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin....


(Wettin)
3 September 1673 28 July 1708 28 November 1726
Marie Christine Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg
(Leiningen-Dagsburg)
30 December 1692 29 May 1727 14 January 1729
husband's death
3 June 1734
Anna Sofie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt Albert Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
24 December 1706 3 June 1723 14 January 1729
husband's accession
26 July 1741
husband's death
3 January 1751 William Henry
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach , was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.He was the eldest and only surviving son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and his first wife Amalie of Nassau-Dietz....

Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
George Frederick Charles , Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a German prince, member of the House of Hohenzollern, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth .-Family:He was the eldest of the fourteen children born...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
27 July 1713 7 April 1734 26 July 1741
husband's accession
2 March 1747 Ernest Augustus I
Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(Brunswick-Bevern)
24 October 1739 16 March 1756 28 May 1758
husband's death
10 April 1807 Ernest Augustus II
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg....


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
30 January 1757 3 October 1775 1809
Weimar and Eisenach united
14 February 1830 Charles Augustus

Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...

 

First Creation
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Translation Needed Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg.- Life :...

Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry Julius was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1589 until his death. In 1576 he had become the first rector of the Protestant University of Helmstedt.- Life :...


(Welf)
23 June 1593 25 October 1618 1 April 1639
husband's death
25 March 1650 John Philip
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the eldest surviving son of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife.-Childhood:When his father died , John Philip and his younger brothers Frederick, John...

Sofie Elisabeth of Brandenburg Margrave Christian William of Brandenburg
(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
1 February 1616 18 September 1638 1 April 1639
husband accession
16 March 1650 Frederick William II
Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Frederick Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the youngest son of Frederick Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife...

Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony was the Princess of Denmark from 1634 to 1647 as the wife of Prince-Elect Christian of Denmark, and the Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg as the wife of Duke Frederick Wilhelm II.- Biography :...

John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.-Biography:Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg....


(Wettin)
23 December 1617 11 October 1652 6 January 1668
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg , was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg and, by marriage, duchess of Saxe-Gotha....

John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the eldest surviving son of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife.-Childhood:When his father died , John Philip and his younger brothers Frederick, John...


(Saxe-Altenburg)
10 October 1619 24 October 1636 14 April 1672
husband accession
26 March 1675
husband's death
20 December 1680 Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
-Family and children:In Altenburg on 24 October 1636, Ernst married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result of this marriage Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg were unified, when the last duke of the line died childless in 1672. Ernst and Elisabeth Sophie had eighteen children:#...

Second Creation
Amelia of Württemberg
Duchess Amelia of Württemberg
Amalie Therese Louise Wilhelmina Philippine of Württemberg was a Duchess of Württemberg and an ancestor of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Sofía of Spain and five Kings of Greece....

Duke Louis of Württemberg
Duke Louis of Württemberg
Duke Louis of Württemberg was the second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt...


(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

)
28 June 1799 24 April 1817 29 September 1834
husband's accession
28 November 1848 Joseph
Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and consort of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.-Early life:...

Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was a hereditary prince of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, one of the constituent states of the German Confederation...


(Mecklenburg-Schwerin
House of Mecklenburg
The House of Mecklenburg is a North German dynasty of West Slavic origin that ruled until 1918.- Origins :Niklot was a lord of the Wendish tribe of Obotrites. When the Holy Roman Empire expanded eastwards, notably to the coast of Baltic in 13th century, a portion of Obotrite lords allied with...

)
31 March 1803 7 October 1825 30 November 1848
husband accession
3 August 1853
husband's death
26 October 1862 George
Translation Needed Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
Princess Frederica Amalia Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau was the eldest daughter of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt by his wife Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia...

Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt
Leopold IV Frederick, Duke of Anhalt was a German prince of the House of Ascania.From 1817 until 1853 he was ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Dessau and from 1847 until 1853 also ruler of the duchy of Anhalt-Köthen...


(Ascania)
24 June 1824 28 April 1853 3 August 1853
husband accession
23 October 1897 Ernest I
Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe was daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and consort of the last reigning Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst II.-Early life:...

Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe
Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe was son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and member of the House of Lippe.-Early life:William was born at Bückeburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, seventh child and third son of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe , and his wife, Princess...


(Schaumburg-Lippe
House of Lippe
The House of Lippe is a German Royal House. The House of Lippe descends from Count Jobst Hermann of Lippe whose son Bernhard I was the founder of the state of Lippe in 1123....

)
22 September 1875 27 February 1898 7 February 1908
husband accession
13 November 1918
German Revolution
27 January 1971 Ernest II

Duchess of Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Gotha was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha....

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the eldest surviving son of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife.-Childhood:When his father died , John Philip and his younger brothers Frederick, John...


(Saxe-Altenburg)
10 October 1619 24 October 1636 1640
husband accession
26 March 1675
husband's death
20 December 1680 Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
-Family and children:In Altenburg on 24 October 1636, Ernst married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result of this marriage Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg were unified, when the last duke of the line died childless in 1672. Ernst and Elisabeth Sophie had eighteen children:#...


Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was a duchy ruled by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in today's Thuringia, Germany.It was nominally created in 1672 when Frederick William III, the last duke of Saxe-Altenburg, died and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha , inherited the major part of his possessions...

 

Duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg
Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.He was the eldest surviving son of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg, his second wife.-Childhood:When his father died , John Philip and his younger brothers Frederick, John...


(Saxe-Altenburg)
10 October 1619 24 October 1636 14 April 1672
personal union of Altenburg and Gotha
26 March 1675
husband's death
20 December 1680 Ernest I
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
-Family and children:In Altenburg on 24 October 1636, Ernst married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result of this marriage Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg were unified, when the last duke of the line died childless in 1672. Ernst and Elisabeth Sophie had eighteen children:#...

Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels
Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels was a German noblewoman.She was a daughter of August, duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his wife Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her paternal grandparents were John George I, Elector of Saxony, and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.On 14 November 1669, she married...

August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg....


(Saxe-Weissenfels)
2 September 1648 14 November 1669 26 March 1675
husband accession
7 January 1681 Frederick I
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was the fourth but eldest surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.When Ernst inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg , he made Frederick the regent of that duchy...

Christine of Baden-Durlach
Christine of Baden-Durlach
Christine of Baden-Durlach was a German noblewoman.She was a daughter of Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and his wife Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Her first marriage was to Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach...

Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
(Zähringen)
22 April 1645 14 August 1681 2 August 1691
husband's death
21 December 1705
Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Karl William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst....


(Ascania)
13 October 1679 7 June 1696 23 March 1732
husband's death
11 October 1740 Frederick II
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.He was the fifth child and first son of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels....

Translation Needed Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen was the daughter of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha. She was the wife off Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg....

Ernest Louis I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(Saxe-Meiningen)
10 August 1710 17 September 1729 23 March 1732
husband's accession
22 October 1767 Frederick III
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.-Biography:He was the eldest son of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst....

Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Marie Charlotte Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Philippine of Saxe-Meiningen was a member of the House of Saxe-Meiningen and a Princess of Saxe-Meiningen by birth and a member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duchess consort of...

Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.He was the second but first surviving son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel.When his father died in 1706, according to his will, he inherited the duchy...


(Saxe-Meiningen)
11 September 1751 21 March 1769 10 March 1772
husband's accession
20 April 1804
husband's death
25 April 1827 Ernest II
Caroline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel
Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel , was a German princess member of the House of Hesse-Kassel and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg....

William I, Elector of Hesse
William I, Elector of Hesse
William I, Elector of Hesse was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.-Early life:...


(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
11 July 1771 24 April 1802 20 April 1804
husband's accession
27 May 1822
husband's death
22 February 1848 Augustus

Duchess of Saxe-Marksuhl
Saxe-Marksuhl
The Duchy of Saxe-Marksuhl was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1662 for John George I, third son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Originally John George was supposed to shared Saxe-Eisenach with his older brother, Adolf William...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein
Sayn-Wittgenstein was a county of mediæval Germany, located in the Sauerland of eastern North Rhine-Westphalia. Sayn-Wittgenstein was created when Count Salentin of Sayn-Homburg married the heiress Countess Adelaide of Wittgenstein in 1345...

)
27 August 1626 29 May 1661 17 May 1662
husband's accession
23 February 1671
Union of Marksuhl and Eisenach
28 September 1701 John George I

Duchess of Saxe-Jena
Saxe-Jena
The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1672 for Bernhard, fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Jena was reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar on the extinction of Bernhard's line in 1690.-Dukes of Saxe-Jena:*...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Marie Charlotte de la Trémoille Henri de La Trémoille
Henri de La Trémoille
Henri de La Trémoille was the Duke of Thouars, Duke of La Tremoille, and Prince of Talmond and Taranto....


(La Trémoille)
26 January 1632 18 July 1662 1672
husband's accession
3 May 1678
husband's death
24 August 1682 Bernhard II
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena , was duke of Saxe-Jena.He was the seventh child but fourth surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau....


Duchess of Saxe-Eisenberg
Saxe-Eisenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenberg was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1680 for Christian, fifth son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, the Duchy consisted Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Christiana of Saxe-Merseburg Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg , was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin....


(Wettin)
1 June 1659 13 February 1677 13 March 1679 Christian
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.He was the eighth but fifth surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg....

Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.- Marriage and children :...


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
7 May 1661 9 February 1681 28 April 1707
husband's death
22 August 1712

Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Saxe-Hildburghausen
Saxe-Hildburghausen was an Ernestine duchy in what is now southern Thuringia, Germany. Its territory was similar to that of the modern Hildburghausen district.-History:...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Sophie Henriette of Waldeck
Sophie of Waldeck
Sophia Henriette of Waldeck was a Princess of Waldech by birth and by mairriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen,- Life :...

Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal .In 1641, Waldeck entered the service of the States-General of the Netherlands; later in 1651, in the service of Brandenburg, he reached the highest rank as minister...


(Waldeck)
3 August 1662 30 November 1680 15 October 1702 Ernest
Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach
Sophia Albertine, Countess of Erbach-Erbach , was Countess of erbach-erbach by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen...

Georg Ludwig I, Count of Erbach-Erbach
(Erbach-Erbach)
30 July 1683 4 February 1704 17 October 1715
husband's accession
9 March 1724
husband's death
4 September 1742 Ernest Frederick I
Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau Philipp Karl, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
(Erbach-Fürstenau)
29 September 1700 19 June 1726 13 August 1745
husband's death
7 May 1758 Ernest Frederick II
Louise of Denmark Christian VI of Denmark
Christian VI of Denmark
Christian VI was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746.He was the son of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. He married Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and fathered Frederick V.-The reign and personality of Christian VI:To posterity Christian...


(Oldenburg
House of Oldenburg
The House of Oldenburg is a North German dynasty and one of Europe's most influential Royal Houses with branches that rule or have ruled in Denmark, Russia, Greece, Norway, Schleswig, Holstein, Oldenburg and Sweden...

)
19 October 1726 1 October 1749 8 August 1756 Ernest Frederick III
Christine Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth , was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.-Family:...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
15 October 1733 20 January 1757 8 October 1757
Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar and, from 1741, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach....


(Saxe-Weimar)
4 January 1740 1 July 1758 23 September 1780
husband's death
10 June 1786
Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess Charlotte Georgine Luise Friederike of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by birth and a member of the House of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess consort of Saxe-Hildburghausen...

Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
(Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern...

)
17 November 1769 3 September 1785 14 May 1818 Frederick
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen , was duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and duke of Saxe-Altenburg .-Biography:...


Duchess of Saxe-Römhild
Saxe-Römhild
The Duchy of Saxe-Römhild was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1680 for Heinrich, fourth son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. The line became extinct after the childless death of the duke in 1710 and his lands were disputed between his brothers...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt was the only Duchess by marriage of Saxe-Römhild.- Life :...

Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1661 to 1678.He was the eldest of three sons of the Landgrave George II of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.- Marriage and children :...


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
11 March 1656 1 March 1676 13 May 1710
husband's death
16 August 1715 Henry

Duchess of Saxe-Saalfeld
Saxe-Saalfeld
The Duchy of Saxe-Saalfeld was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1680 for Johann Ernst, seventh son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It remained under this name until 1699, when Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg died without sons...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg , was the first duke of Saxe-Merseburg and a member of the House of Wettin....


(Saxe-Merseburg)
4 August 1660 18 February 1680 2 August 1686 John Ernest IV
Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Pyrmont Josias II, Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Waldeck-Pyrmont)
13 December 1664 2 December 1690 1 February 1699

Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen
The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia....

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
George II of Hesse-Darmstadt, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1626 - 1661. He was the son of Ludwig V and Magdalena von Brandenburg.He married Sophia Eleonore of Saxony on April 1, 1627...


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

)
26 November 1647 20 November 1671 26 March 1675
husband's accession
19 April 1680 Bernhard I
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.He was the sixth but third surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg....

Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Anthony Ulrich was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled over the Wolfenbüttel subdivision of the duchy from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his brother, and solely from 1704 until his death.-Life:Anthony Ulrich was the second son of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg; he studied at the...


(Welf)
30 September 1658 25 January 1681 27 April 1706
husband's death
15 March 1729
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was the wife of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his first wife, Magdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels. She married Ernst Ludwig I on the 19 September 1704.-Issue:#Josef Bernhard...

Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg , was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was the fourth but eldest surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.When Ernst inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg , he made Frederick the regent of that duchy...


(Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
22 January 1674 19 September 1704 27 April 1706
husband's accession
18 April 1713 Ernst Ludwig I
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a German nobleman.-Biography:He was born in Gotha, the eldest son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt....

Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg
Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg , was a Duchess consort of Courland, Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen. She was married to Duke Frederick Casimir Kettler of Courland, Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of...

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
|align=right|Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia – and thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia – from 1640 until his death. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as the "Great Elector" because of his military and political prowess...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

)
5 April 1674 3 June 1714 24 November 1724
husband's death
22 November 1748
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal , was Duchess and regent from 1763 to 1782 of Saxe-Meiningen.- Life :...

Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal was a member of the House of Hesse and Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal from 1721 until his death.- Life :...


(Hesse-Philippsthal
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

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11 August 1730 26 September 1750 27 January 1763
husband's death
7 September 1801 Anton Ulrich
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.He was the second but first surviving son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel.When his father died in 1706, according to his will, he inherited the duchy...

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern Christian Karl, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
(Stolberg-Gedern)
13 October 1764 5 June 1780 21 July 1782
husband's death
24 May 1834 Charles William
Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg was a German noblewoman. She was duchess and Regent of Saxe-Meiningen.-Family:...

Christian Albrecht Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
11 August 1763 27 November 1782 24 December 1803
husband's death
30 April 1837 George I
Marie Fredericka of Hesse-Kassel William II, Elector of Hesse
William II, Elector of Hesse
-Biography:William was the eldest surviving son of William I, Elector of Hesse and Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark and Norway. He succeeded as Elector of Hesse on his father's death in 1821.-Marriage and issue:On 13 February 1797 in Berlin, William married Princess Augusta of Prussia, fourth...


(Hesse-Kassel
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

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6 September 1804 23 March 1825 20 September 1866
husband's abdication
4 January 1888 Bernhard II
Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
(Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
7 July 1839 23 October 1858 20 September 1866
husband's accession
30 March 1872 George II
Charlotte of Prussia
Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Princess Charlotte of Prussia , Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen was the second child born to Prince Friedrich of Prussia and Princess Victoria...

Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days in 1888, the Year of the Three Emperors. Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl known informally as Fritz, was the only son of Emperor William I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service...


(Hohenzollern
House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...

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24 July 1860 18 February 1878 25 June 1914
husband's accession
10 November 1918
husband's abdication
1 October 1919 Bernhard III

Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in the 17th century, the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield line lasted until the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha line in...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
(Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
House of Schwarzburg
The House of Schwarzburg was one of the oldest noble families of Thuringia, until its extinction in 1971 with the death of Prince Friedrich Günther...

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9 September 1700 2 January 1723 4 September 1745
husband's accession
16 September 1764
husband's death
11 December 1780 Francis Josias
Need Translation Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Brunswick-Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern is an extinct German dynasty. It is a branch of the Younger House of Brunswick, a branch of the House of Welf. Its first member was Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who received Bevern Palace as part of his inheritance in 1666...

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3 January 1724 23 April 1749 16 September 1764
husband's accession
8 September 1800
husband's death
17 March 1802 Ernest Frederick
Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf , was ruler of the German county Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1747 till his death....


(Reuss-Ebersdorf)
19 January 1757 13 June 1777 8 September 1800
husband's accession
9 December 1806
husband's death
16 November 1831 Francis
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
(Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
21 December 1800 31 July 1817 31 March 1826
divorce
16 November 1831 Ernest III

Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Marie of Württemberg Duke Alexander of Württemberg
(Württemberg
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...

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17 September 1799 23 December 1832 29 January 1844
husband's death
24 September 1860 Ernest I
Alexandrine of Baden Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden succeeded in 1830 as the fourth Grand Duke of Baden....


(Zähringen)
6 December 1820 13 May 1842 29 January 1844
husband's accession
22 August 1893
husband's death
20 December 1904 Ernest II
Maria Alexandrovna of Russia Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II , also known as Alexander the Liberator was the Emperor of the Russian Empire from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881...


(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)
17 October 1853 23 January 1874 22 August 1893
husband's accession
30 July 1900
husband's death
24 October 1920 Alfred
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and reigned from 1893 to 1900. He was also a member of the British Royal Family, the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha...

Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg was the fourth Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg-Family and succession:...


(Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg)
31 December 1885 11 October 1905 14 November 1918
German Revolution
3 October 1970 Charles Edward
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...


Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg....


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

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30 January 1757 3 October 1775 1809
Weimar and Eisenach united
21 April 1815
become Grand Duchess
14 February 1830 Charles Augustus

Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Grand Duchess Ceased to be Grand Duchess Death Husband
Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt was the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 - 1790. He was a son of Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Müntzenberg....


(Hesse-Darmstadt
House of Hesse
The House of Hesse is a European royal dynasty from the region of Hesse, originally and still formally the House of Brabant.-History:The origins of the House of Hesse begin with the marriage of Sophie of Thuringia, daughter of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia and Elizabeth of Hungary with Henry...

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30 January 1757 3 October 1775 1815
elevated to Grand Duchess
14 June 1828
husband's death
14 February 1830 Charles Augustus
Maria Pavlovna of Russia Paul I of Russia
Paul I of Russia
Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...


(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)
16 February 1786 3 August 1804 14 June 1828
husband's accession
8 July 1853
husband's death
23 June 1859 Charles Frederick
Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Charles Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was a Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:Born in Weimar, he was the eldest son of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Luise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt.Charles Frederick succeeded his famous father as Grand Duke...

Sophie of the Netherlands
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands was the only daughter of King William II of the Netherlands and of his wife Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia...

William II of the Netherlands
William II of the Netherlands
William II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :...


(Orange-Nassau
House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau , a branch of the European House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands — and at times in Europe — since William I of Orange organized the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War...

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8 April 1824 8 October 1842 8 July 1853
husband's accession
23 March 1897 Charles Alexander
Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Karl Alexander August Johann, Grand Duke of Saxony; 24 June 1818 – 5 January 1901) was the ruler of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from 1853 until his death.-Biography:...

Caroline Reuss of Greiz
Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz
Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz was the first wife of Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Early life:...

Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
Prince Heinrich XXII Reuss of Greiz was the reigning sovereign of Reuss, a small principality of the German states, from 1859 to his death in 1902.-Reign:...


(Reuss-Greiz)
13 July 1884 30 April 1903 17 January 1905 William Ernest
William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Wilhelm Ernst Karl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann was the last Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:...

Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
(Saxe-Meiningen)
29 May 1890 21 January 1910 9 November 1918
Grand Duchy abolished
12 March 1972

Queen of Saxony
Kingdom of Saxony
The Kingdom of Saxony , lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. From 1871 it was part of the German Empire. It became a Free state in the era of Weimar Republic in 1918 after the end of World War...

 

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Queen Ceased to be Queen Death Husband
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
(Palatinate-Birkenfeld
House of Palatinate-Birkenfeld
Palatinate-Birkenfeld , later Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, was the name of a collateral line of the Palatine Wittelsbachs. The Counts Palatine from this line initially ruled over only a relatively unimportant territory, namely the Palatine share of the Rear County of Sponheim; however, their...

)
10 May 1752 29 January 1769 20 December 1806
elevated to Queen consort
5 May 1827
husband's death
15 November 1828 Frederick Augustus I
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
Frederick Augustus I was King of Saxony from the House of Wettin. He was also Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Duke Frederick Augustus I of Warsaw...

Maria Theresa of Austria Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792, Archduke of Austria and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790. He was a son of Emperor Francis I and his wife, Empress Maria Theresa...


(Habsburg-Lorraine)
30 January 1757 8 October 1787 5 May 1827
husband's accession
7 November 1827 Anthony
Maria Anna of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
27 January 1805 24 April 1833 6 June 1836
husband's accession
9 August 1854
husband's death
13 September 1877 Frederick Augustus II
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
Frederick Augustus II |Tyrol]], 9 August 1854) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony --younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony—by his...

Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
Amalie Auguste was a Princess of Bavaria and Queen of Saxony.-Biography:Amalie was the fourth child of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Karoline of Baden. She was the identical twin sister of Elizabeth Louise, later Queen of Prussia as wife of Frederick William IV of Prussia...

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
13 November 1801 22 November 1822 9 August 1854
husband's accession
29 October 1873
husband's death
8 November 1877 John
Carola of Vasa
Carola of Vasa
Carola of Vasa was a titular princess of Sweden, and the queen consort of Saxony...

Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden
(Holstein-Gottorp)
5 August 1833 18 June 1853 29 October 1873
husband's accession
19 June 1902
husband's death
15 December 1907 Albert
Albert of Saxony
Albert of Saxony may refer to:* Albert of Saxony * Albert I, Duke of Saxony * Albert, Duke of Saxony * Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen * Albert of Saxony...

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