Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania

Sophie of Saxony
Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin
Born	(1587-04-29)29 April 1587 Dresden
Died	9 December 1635(1635-12-09) (aged 48) Stettin
Noble family	House of Wettin
Spouse(s)	Francis, Duke of Pomerania
Father	Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Sophie of Brandenburg

Sophie of Saxony (29 April 1587 – 9 December 1635) was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. She was a princess of Saxony by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin.

Life

Sophie was a daughter of the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie (1568–1622), the daughter of Elector John George of Brandenburg.

She married on 26 August 1610 in Dresden to Duke Francis of Pomerania-Stettin (1577–1620). No children were born from this marriage. After Francis's death, Sophie received the city and district of Wolin as her wittum. She administered the district during the difficult years of the Thirty Years' War. Between 1622 and 1626, she built a new residence in Wolin, because the old Wolin Castle was rather dilapidated.

After her death, the district fell back to Duke Bogislaw XIV of Pomerania. However, all movable property, such as furniture and the grain stocks, were confiscated by the Swedish army, because Sweden was at war with Saxony and the Sweden considered her a Saxon.

Sophie was initially buried in the ducal crypt in Szczecin, but in 1650 her body was transferred to the Sophienkirche in Dresden.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania

16. Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1443-1500)

8. Henry IV, Duke of Saxony (1473-1541)

17. Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449-1510)

4. Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526-1586)

18. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1441-1503)

9. Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487-1561)

19. Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1460-1504)

2. Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560-1591)

20. Frederick I of Denmark (1471-1533)

10. Christian III of Denmark (1503-1559)

21. Anna of Brandenburg (1487-1514)

5. Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1532-1585)

22. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1470-1543)

11. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511-1571)

23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488-1563)

1. Sophie of Saxony

24. Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg (1484-1535)

12. Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg (1505-1571)

25. Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1485-1555)

6. John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525-1598)

26. George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539)

13. Magdalena of Saxony (1507-1534)

27. Barbara Jagiellon (1478-1534)

3. Sophie of Brandenburg (1568-1622)

28. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460-1536)

14. George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484-1543)

29. Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464-1512)

7. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529-1575)

30. Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels (1476-1536)

15. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels (1508-1531)

31. Anna of Sagan (d. 1541)

References

Heinrich Berghaus: Landbuch des Herzogthums Pommern und des Fürstenthums Rügen, part 3, vol. 1, W. Dietze, Anklam, 1867, p. 615 (Online).
Ute Essegern: Keine Totenruhe für Sophia von Sachsen in Stettin. Pommern, Sachsen und Schweden im Streit um das Erbe, In: Pommern. Zeitschrift für Kultur und Geschichte, vol. 44 (2006), issue 2, ISSN 0032-4167, p. 18–25.
Christian Ernst Weiße: Neueste Geschichte des Königreichs Sachsen seit dem Prager Frieden bis auf unsere Zeiten, vol. 1, Hinrichs, Leipzig, 1808, p. 59 ff (Online).
Ute Essegern: Sophia (Sophie) von Sachsen. In: de:Sächsische Biografie,

published by the Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde, edited by Martina Schattkowsky