Sibylle of Saxony explained

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Sibylle of Saxony
Succession:Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg
Reign:1543–1571
1574–1581
Spouse:Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg
Issue:Magnus II
Francis II
Henry
Maurice
Frederick
House:House of Wettin
Father:Henry IV, Duke of Saxony
Mother:Catherine of Mecklenburg
Birth Date:2 May 1515
Birth Place:Freiberg
Death Place:Buxtehude
Burial Place:Ratzeburg

Sibylle of Saxony (2 May 1515 in Freiberg  - 18 July 1592 in Buxtehude) was a Saxon princess of the Albertine line of House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Life

Sibylle was the eldest child of the Duke Henry IV of Saxony (1473–1541) from his marriage to Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561), daughter of the Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg.

She married on 8 February 1540 in Dresden Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg (1510–1581). This relationship turned out to be important for Sibylle's brother Maurice during the Schmalkaldic War. The marriage proved unhappy and Francis accused Sibylle of vindictive and unloving acts.[1] In later years, Sibylle and Francis reconciled again. In 1552, Sibylle asked her brother Maurice to financially assist her husband, so he could redeem some goods and villages from Lübeck.[2]

In 1588, the Duchess played a prominent role in the affair of her son Maurice, who lived in Buxtehude in the Abbot's House since 1585/86, with Adam von Tschammer's wife Gisela against whom she initiated a trial of witchcraft.

Sibylle died in 1592 in Buxtehude and was buried in the Cathedral of Ratzeburg.

Children

From her marriage to Francis, Sibylle had the following children:

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Footnotes

  1. Johann Samuel Ersch" General Encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order, p. 60
  2. Johannes Herrmann, Günther Wartenberg, Christian Winter Political correspondence of the Duke and Elector Maurice of Saxony, Volume 5, p. 778

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