Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels explained

Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels should not be confused with Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673–1726).

Consort:	yes
Succession:	Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Magdalena Sibylle
Reign:	26 March 1675 – 7 January 1681
Spouse:	Friedrich I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Issue:	Anna Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Princess Magdalene Sibylle Dorothea Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Fredericka, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst Frederick II Prince Johann Wilhelm Princess Elisabeth Johanna, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House:	House of Saxe-Weissenfels House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Father:	August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Mother:	Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Birth Date:	2 September 1648

Magdalena Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 September 1648  - 7 January 1681) was a German noblewoman.^[1]

She was a daughter of August, duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his wife Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Her paternal grandparents were John George I, Elector of Saxony, and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.

On 14 November 1669, she married Duke Friedrich I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. They had the following children:

1. Anna Sophie (b. Gotha, 22 December 1670 – d. Rudolstadt, 28 December 1728), married on 15 October 1691 to Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
2. Magdalene Sibylle (b. Gotha, 30 September 1671 – d. Altenburg, 2 March 1673).
3. Dorothea Marie (b. Gotha, 22 January 1674 – d. Meiningen, 18 April 1713), married on 19 September 1704 to Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
4. Fredericka (b. Gotha, 24 March 1675 – d. Karlsbad, 28 May 1709), married on 25 May 1702 to Johann August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
5. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (b. Gotha, 28 July 1676 – d. Altenburg, 23 March 1732).
6. Johann Wilhelm (b. Gotha, 4 October 1677 – killed in battle, Toulon, 15 August 1707), General Imperial.
7. Elisabeth (b. Gotha, 7 February 1679 – d. of smallpox, Gotha, 22 June 1680).
8. Johanna (b. Gotha, 1 October 1680 – d. Strelitz, 9 July 1704), married on 20 June 1702 to Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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Notes and References

1. Book: Selby, Walford Dakin . The Genealogist . Harwood . H. W. Forsyth . Murray . Keith W. . 1900 . George Bell & Sons . 16 . London . 104 . 46985675.