Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 1560-1591

Paternal Family Tree: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony

On 7th October 1548 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 22] and [his mother] Anna Oldenburg [aged 15] were married at Torgau. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Christian III King of Denmark [aged 45] and [his grandmother] Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [aged 37]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 29th October 1560 Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony was born to Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 34] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 27].

On 25th April 1582 Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [aged 21] and Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 13] were married. He the son of Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 55] and Anna Oldenburg [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

On 5th March 1585 [his son] John George Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [aged 24] and [his wife] Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 16]. He married (1) 1604 his half third cousin once removed Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg, daughter of Frederick I Duke Württemberg and Sibylla of Anhalt (2) 1607 his second cousin once removed Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, daughter of Albert Frederick Hohenzollern Duke Prussia and Marie Eleonore de la Marck, and had issue.

On 1st October 1585 [his mother] Anna Oldenburg [aged 52] died.

On 11th February 1586 [his father] Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony [aged 59] died. His succeeded son Christian [aged 25] succeeded Elector Saxony.

On 25th September 1591 Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony [aged 30] died. His succeeded son John [aged 6] succeeded Elector Saxony.

On 7th December 1622 [his former wife] Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 54] died.

Royal Ancestors of Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 1560-1591

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Royal Descendants of Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 1560-1591
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

John George Elector Saxony [1]

Ancestors of Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 1560-1591

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry "The Mild" Welf 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophie Griffins

Great x 1 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria 14 x Great Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria 15 x Great Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria 16 x Great Grand Daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Siemowit IV Duke of Masovia

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alexandra of Lithuania

GrandFather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 2 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolf III Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

GrandFather: Christian III King of Denmark 8 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Mother: Anna Oldenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

GrandMother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway