Editing Magdalena of Saxony

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| title        = Electoral Princess of Brandenburg<br />Margravine of Brandenburg
| name         = Duchess Magdalena of Saxony
| full name    =
| image        = Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Bildnis der Magdalene von Sachsen (Art Institute of Chicago).jpg
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| caption      = Portrait by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]], {{circa|1529}}
| predecessor  =
| successor    =
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg]]|1524}}
| issue        = [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]]<br>[[Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg|Barbara]]<br>Elisabeth<br>[[Frederick of Brandenburg (1530–1552)|Friedrich, Archbishop of Magdeburg]]<br>Albrecht<br>Georg<br>Paul
| house        = [[House of Wettin|Wettin]]
| father       = [[George, Duke of Saxony]]
| mother       = [[Barbara Jagiellon]]
| birth_date   = 7 March 1507
| birth_place  = [[Dresden]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1534|01|25|1507|03|07|df=y}}
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'''Magdalena of Saxony''' (7 March 1507 – 25 January 1534) was [[Margrave|Margravine]] of [[Brandenburg]], as well as Electoral Princess of Brandenburg.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Kinney |first1=Arthur F. |title=Rulers of Other Countries During the Reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) |date=2014 |url=https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137461483_13 |work=Titled Elizabethans: A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church Officers, 1558–1603 |pages=235–241 |editor-last=Kinney |editor-first=Arthur F. |access-date=2023-12-18 |series=Queenship and Power |place=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |language=en |doi=10.1057/9781137461483_13 |isbn=978-1-137-46148-3 |last2=Lawson |first2=Jane A. |editor2-last=Lawson |editor2-first=Jane A.}}</ref>

She was the daughter of [[George, Duke of Saxony|George ''the Bearded'', Duke of Saxony]] and his wife [[Barbara Jagiellon|Barbara]]. Magdalena's maternal grandparents were [[Casimir IV of Poland]] and [[Elisabeth of Austria (1436–1505)|Elisabeth of Austria]], daughter of [[Albert II of Germany]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rechcigl |first1=Miloslav |title=The Czech Roots of Erdmuthe Dorothea Countess of Zinzendorf (1700–1756) |journal=Bohemia |date=31 July 1995 |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=126–137 |doi=10.18447/BoZ-1995-2517 }}</ref>

She was a granddaughter of the Elisabeth aforementioned, mother of the [[Jagiellonians]], queen of Poland, who had claimed the [[Duchy of Luxembourg]] in 1460s as being the younger daughter of the last Luxembourg heiress [[Elisabeth of Luxembourg, Queen of Bohemia]]. Though by no means an heiress of her grandmother, she was intended to wed the heir of her grandmother's older sister. Joachim (1505–1571), the future elector of Brandenburg, was the eldest son and heir of their current claimant of Luxembourg, [[Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg]] (1484–1535), the eldest son and heir of [[Margaret of Thuringia]] (1449–1501), Dowager Electress of Brandenburg, herself the eldest daughter and heiress of [[Anna, Duchess of Luxembourg]] and [[William of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia]].

Magdalena was thus married, at [[Dresden]], on 6 November 1524, to her second cousin's son [[Joachim II of Brandenburg|Joachim]] II Hector, the future Elector of Brandenburg. Their son was [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg|John George]], another future Elector of Brandenburg. After Magdalena's death which occurred well before Joachim ascended the electorate, Joachim II Hector married [[Hedwig Jagiellon (1513–1573)|Hedwig Jagiellon]], daughter of King [[Sigismund I the Old|Sigismund I of Poland]].

Magdalena and Joachim II Hector had issue:
* [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]] (1525–1598), had issue
* [[Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg]] (1527–1595), had issue
* Elisabeth (1528–1529)
* [[Frederick IV of Brandenburg]] (1530–1552), [[Archbishop of Magdeburg]] and [[Bishop of Halberstadt]]
* Albrecht (1532–1532)
* Georg (1532–1532)
* Paul (1534–1534)

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Magdalena of Saxony'''
|2= 2. [[George, Duke of Saxony]]
|3= 3. [[Barbara Jagiellon]]
|4= 4. [[Albert III, Duke of Saxony]]
|5= 5. [[Sidonie of Poděbrady]]
|6= 6. [[Casimir IV Jagiellon]]
|7= 7. [[Elisabeth of Austria (1436–1505)|Elisabeth of Austria]]
|8= 8. [[Frederick II, Elector of Saxony]]
|9= 9. [[Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony|Margarete of Austria]]
|10= 10. [[George of Poděbrady]]
|11= 11. [[Kunigunde of Sternberg]]
|12= 12. [[Jogaila|Władysław II Jagiełło]]
|13= 13. [[Sophia of Halshany]]
|14= 14. [[Albert II of Germany]]
|15= 15. [[Elizabeth of Luxembourg]]
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==References==
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[[Category:House of Wettin]]
[[Category:Nobility from Dresden]]
[[Category:1507 births]]
[[Category:1534 deaths]]
[[Category:Electoral Princesses of Brandenburg]]
[[Category:Margravines of Germany]]
[[Category:Albertine branch]]
[[Category:Deaths in childbirth]]
[[Category:Daughters of dukes]]
[[Category:Mothers of German monarchs]]