Family tree Riny Doyle geboren Marinus van Waard » Agnes OF HESSE (1527-1555)

Personal data Agnes OF HESSE 

  • She was born on May 31, 1527 in Marburg, Hessen, Deutschland.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (January 9, 1541) below 16 years (13).

  • Title: Electress of Saxony, Duchess of Saxony
  • Profession: Electress, Duchess.
  • She died on November 4, 1555 in Weimar, Thüringen, Deutschland, she was 28 years old.
  • A child of Philip I OF HESSE and Christine OF SAXONY

Household of Agnes OF HESSE

She is married to Maurice OF SAXONY.

They got married on January 9, 1541 at Marburg, Hessen, Deutschland, she was 13 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna OF SAXONY  1544-1577 

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • Notes about Agnes OF HESSE

    Agnes of Hesse (31 May 1527, Marburg - 4 November 1555, Weimar) was a princess of Hesse by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.

    Agnes was a daughter of Landgrave Philip of Hesse and his first wife Christine of Saxony. She married on 9 January 1541 the Duke and later Elector Maurice of Saxony. From this marriage, she had two children: Anna of Saxony (born: 23 December 1544; died 18 December 1577) and Albert (born: 28 November 1545; died: 12 April 1546). The marriage between the two was not arranged by their parent, but was initiated by Maurice and Agnes themselves, which at the time was highly unusual. Their surviving letters document the continuing friendship and mutual trust between the spouses. Agnes was also informed about the political plans of her husband. After her mother Christine 's death in 1549, she took up the education of her younger siblings. Elector Maurice died on 9 July 1553 from his injuries in the battle of Sievershausen.

    On 26 May 1555, Agnes married her second husband, Duke John Frederick II of Saxony. She was already of poor health at the time, and died six months later from a miscarriage. In the choir of St. Peter and Paul Church in Weimar, however, an unknown author states her death was due to poisoning. We can only speculate about the actual cause of her death. The fact the Agnes of Hesse had married into a rival family, is consistent with the murder theory: members of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin may have suspected her of revealing state secrets to the rival Ernestine branch.

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Birthday May 31, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of marriage January 9, 1541

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1541: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 26 » Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
    • August 23 » French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
    • August 29 » The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
    • September 13 » After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
    • September 30 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
    • December 10 » Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.

Day of death November 4, 1555

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1555: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 22 » The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Myanmar.
    • February 4 » John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
    • February 9 » Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
    • March 25 » The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.
    • July 2 » Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.
    • July 18 » The College of Arms is reincorporated by Royal charter signed by Queen Mary I of England and King Philip II of Spain.


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