Christine of Saxony (1505–1549)

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Christine of Saxony (1505–1549)

Landgravine of Hesse. Born on December 25, 1505; died on April 15, 1549; daughter of Barbara of Poland (1478–1534) and George the Bearded, duke of Saxony; married Philip I, landgrave of Hesse, on December 11, 1523; children: Agnes of Hesse (1527–1555); William IV the Wise (b. 1532); Barbara of Hesse (1536–1597, who married George I, stadholder in Mompelgard); Elisabeth of Hesse (1539–1582, who married Louis VI, elector of the Palatinate); Christine of Hesse (1543–1604); George I the Pious (b. 1547), landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.

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