West-Europese adel » Christine van Saksen (1505-1549)

Personal data Christine van Saksen 


Household of Christine van Saksen

She is married to Philips (de Grootmoedige) Landgraaf van Hessen-Kassel.

They got married on December 11, 1523 at Dresden, Saksen, she was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Anna van Hessen-Kassel  1529-1591 

The couple are divorced.

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Historical events

Birthday December 25, 1505

Day of marriage December 11, 1523

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1523: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 20 » Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
    • June 6 » Swedish regent Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden and, marking a symbolic end to the Kalmar Union, 6 June is designated the country's national day.
    • June 9 » The Parisian Faculty of Theology fines Simon de Colines for publishing the Biblical commentary Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples.
    • June 10 » Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
    • July 1 » Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.

Day of death April 15, 1549

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1549: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 29 » The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
    • July 27 » The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.
    • August 15 » Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
    • August 17 » Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
    • November 29 » The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.


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