George, Duke of Saxony - Marriage and Children

Marriage and Children

George was married at Dresden, on 21 November 1496, to Barbara Jagiellon, daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of Albrecht II of Hungary. They had ten children, but all, with the exception of a daughter, died before their father:

  1. Christof (b. Dresden, 8 September 1497 – d. Leipzig, 5 December 1497).
  2. Johann (b. Dresden, 24 August 1498 – d. Dresden, 11 January 1537), Hereditary Duke of Saxony; married on 20 May 1516 to Elizabeth of Hesse. This union was childless.
  3. Wolfgang (b. Dresden, 1499 – d. Dresden, 12 January 1500).
  4. Anna (b. Dresden, 21 January 1500 – d. Dresden, 23 January 1500).
  5. Christof (b. and d. Dresden, 27 May 1501).
  6. Agnes (b. Dresden, 7 January 1503 – d. Dresden, 16 April 1503).
  7. Frederick (b. Dresden, 15 March 1504 – d. Dresden, 26 February 1539), Hereditary Duke of Saxony; married on 27 January 1539 to Elisabeth of Mansfeld. This union was childless.
  8. Christine (b. Dresden, 25 December 1505 – d. Kassel, 15 April 1549), married on 11 December 1523 to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.
  9. Magdalena (b. Dresden, 7 March 1507 – d. Berlin, 25 January 1534), married on 6 November 1524 to Joachim Hector, then Hereditary Elector of Brandenburg.
  10. Margarete (b. Dresden, 7 September 1508 – d. Dresden, 19 December 1510).

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