MARIE ELISABETH OF SAXONY

'Marie Elisabeth of Saxony' (22 November 1610 – 24 october 1684) was duchess of Holstein-Gottorp as a wife of Duke Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp.
She was a daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony and his wife Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.
She was married on 21 February 1630 to Duke Friedrich III of Holstein-Gottorp and had sixteen children:
# Sofie Auguste (5 December 1630 – 12 December 1680), married on 16 September 1649 tp Prince John of Anhalt-Zerbst. Mother of Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst and grandmother of Catherine II of Russia.
# Magdalene Sibylle (24 November 1631 – 22 September 1719), married on 28 November 1654 to Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Mother of Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.
# Johann Adolf, died young in 1633.
# Marie Elisabeth (6 June 1634 – 17 June 1665), married on 24 November 1650 to Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt.
# Friedrich (17 July 1635 – 12 August 1654).
# Hedwig Eleonore (23 October 1636 – 24 November 1715), married on 24 October 1654 to King Charles X of Sweden.
# Adolf August, died young in 1637.
# Johann Georg (8 August 1638 – 25 November 1655).
# Anna Dorothea (13 February 1640 – 13 May 1713).
# Christian Albrecht of Holstein-Gottorp (3 February 1641 – 6 January 1695).
# Gustav Ulrich, died young in 1642.
# Christine Sabine, died young in 1644.
# August Friedrich (6 May 1646 – 2 October 1705).
# Adolf, died young in 1647.
# Elisabeth Sofie, died young in 1647.
# Auguste Marie (6 February 1649 – 25 April 1728), married on 15 May 1670 to Margrave Frederick VII of Baden-Durlach.

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★ Article in the Dansk biografisk Lexicon