Christine of Saxony Totally Explained

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Christine of Saxony (25 December 1505 – 15 April 1549) was a German noblewoman.
   Christine was the daughter of George, Duke of Saxony "the Bearded", Duke of Saxony and Barbara of Poland, Her maternal grandparents were Kazimierz IV Jagiellon, king of Poland and Elisabeth of Austria.
   On 11 December 1523 in Kassel, she married Landgrave Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, called "the Magnanimous". They had 10 children.
   Somewhat interestingly, while married to Christine, Philip practised bigamy and had another 9 children with his other (morganatic) wife, Margarete von der Saale.

Children with Philip of Hesse

Agnes (31 May 1527 – 4 November 1555), married:
1. in Marburg on 9 January 1541 to Maurice, Elector of Saxony;
2. in Weimar on 26 May 1555 to John Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Anna (26 October 1529 – 10 July 1591), married on 24 February 1544 to Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
William IV of Hesse-Kassel (24 June 1532 – 25 August 1592).
Philipp Ludwig, died young in 1535.
Barbara (8 April 1536 – 8 June 1597), married:
1. in Reichenweier on 10 September 1555 to Duke Georg I of Württemberg;
2. in Kassel on 11 November 1568 to Count Daniel of Waldeck.
Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg (27 May 1537 – 9 October 1604).
Elisabeth (13 February 1539 – 14 March 1582), married on 8 July 1560 to Louis VI, Elector Palatine.
Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels (22 April 1541 – 20 November 1583).
Christine (29 June 1543 – 13 May 1604), married in Gottorp on 17 December 1564 to Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp.
Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt, "the Pious" (10 September 1547 – 7 February 1596).

Genetics

Through her daughter Christine, Christine of Saxony is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. This implies that all of her female-line relatives (including Elisabeth of Luxembourg) are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.

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