Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg - Marriage and Issue

Marriage and Issue

In Dresden on 19 November 1650, Christian married Christiana, a daughter of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in a double marriage where his brother Maurice married Christiana's sister Sophie Hedwig. Christian and Christiana had eleven children:

  1. Magdalene Sophie (b. Dresden, 19 October 1651 - d. Merseburg, 29 March 1675).
  2. Johann Georg (b. Merseburg, 4 December 1652 - d. Merseburg, 3 January 1654).
  3. Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. Merseburg, 19 November 1653 - d. Merseburg, 20 October 1694).
  4. August (b. Merseburg, 15 February 1655 - d. Zörbig, 27 March 1715), inherited Zörbig.
  5. Stillborn son (Merseburg, 1 February 1656).
  6. Philipp (b. Merseburg, 26 October 1657 - killed in action at Fleurus, 1 July 1690), inherited Lauchstädt.
  7. Christiane (b. Merseburg, 1 June 1659 - d. Eisenberg, 13 March 1679), married on 13 February 1677 to Duke Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg.
  8. Sophie Hedwig (b. Merseburg, 4 August 1660 - d. Saalfeld, 2 August 1686), married on 18 February 1680 to Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Saalfeld.
  9. Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. Merseburg, 2 September 1661 - d. Doberlug, 28 July 1738), inherited Spremberg; later (1731) also inherited Merseburg.
  10. Maurice (b. Merseburg, 29 October 1662 - d. Merseburg, 21 April 1664).
  11. Sibylle Maria (b. Merseburg, 28 October 1667 - d. Bernstadt, 9 October 1693), married on 27 October 1683 to Duke Christian Ulrich of Württemberg-Bernstadt.

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