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Christian II

Elector of Saxony
Reign	25 September 1591 – 23 June 1611
Predecessor	Christian I
Successor	John George I
Regent	Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Spouse	Hedwig of Denmark
House	House of Wettin
Father	Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Sophie of Brandenburg
Born	(1583-09-23)23 September 1583 Dresden
Died	23 June 1611(1611-06-23) (aged 27) Dresden
Religion	Lutheranism

Christian II of Saxony (23 September 1583 – 23 June 1611)^[1] was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611.^[2]

He was born in Dresden, the eldest son of Christian I of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.

Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of eight. Because of his youth, his kinsman, Duke Frederick William I of Saxe-Weimar, assumed the regency of the Electorate until 1601, when Christian was declared an adult and began to govern.

In the course of the event that eventually led to the Thirty Years' War, his refusal to join the Union of Auhausen deepened the division between the Protestant German states.

In Dresden, on September 12, 1602, Christian married Hedwig, daughter of the King Frederick II of Denmark.^[3] This marriage was childless. He died in Dresden in 1611.

Having left no issue, on his death his brother John George succeeded him as Elector.^[4]

Ancestry [edit]

Ancestors of Christian II, Elector of Saxony

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. Christian II, Elector 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)

Christian II, Elector of Saxony House of Wettin Born: 23 September 1583 Died: 23 June 1611
Preceded by Christian I	Elector of Saxony 1591–1611	Succeeded by John George I

References [edit]

^ Kolb, Robert, ed. Lutheran Ecclesiastical Culture, 1550-1675. Leiden, Netherlands: Koninklijke, 2008. 513.
^ Schuckelt, Holger. "Relations between Saxony and the Crimean Tatars in the 17th and Early 18th Centuries." In Islamic Art and Architecture in the European Periphery: Crimea, Caucasus, and the Volga-Ural Region. Edited by Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, Joachim Gierlichs, & Brigitte Heuer. Germany: Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft, 2008. 95.
^ Johannsen, Hugo. "The Writ on the Wall: Theological and Political Aspects of Biblical Text-Cycles in Evangelical Palace Chapels of the Renaissance." In The Arts and the Cultural Heritage of Martin Luther. Edited by Nils Holger Petersen. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2002. 83.
^ Kamen, Henry. Who's Who in Europe, 1450-1750. London: Routledge, 2000. 161.

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