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Elisabeth was a daughter of the Elector August of Saxony (1526–1586) from his marriage to Anna (1532–1585), daughter of King Christian III of Denmark . She married on 4 June 1570 in Heidelberg during the Diet of Speyer with Count Palatine John Casimir of Simmern (1543–1592). August opposed the policies of John Casimir, who was a Calvinist ...
Woodcut of Sibylle of Cleves, Electress of Saxony. Bust length with hair in an embroidered cap, jewelled collar, and gown with slashed sleeves. With coats of arms above. A modern copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger.
Agnes of Habsburg (c. 1257–1322)Electress of Saxony. Name variations: Gertrud. Born around 1257; died on October 11, 1322, in Wittenberg; daughter of Anna of Hohenberg (c. 1230–1281) and Rudolph or Rudolf I of Habsburg (1218–1291), king of Germany (r. 1273), Holy Roman emperor (r.
She married Duke August of Saxony on October 7, 1548 at Torgau, Saxony, and when he inherited the title Elector of Saxony in 1553, she became the electress. Anna died on October 1, 1585 at Dresden.1 Her library, which was located in the women’s quarters of the residential castle at Annaburg, Saxony, contained 500 titles in 438 vol-
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (Maria Amalie Auguste; 10 May 1752 – 15 November 1828) was the last Electress and first Queen of Saxony and Duchess of Warsaw. Biography [ edit ] Amalie was born in Mannheim, the daughter of Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler and his wife, Countess Palatine Maria Francisca of Palatinate-Sulzbach .
For years, the Royal Collections double portrait of an Electress and her Son received little attention. Given by Queen Victoria as a Christmas present to Prince Albert in 1840, the portrait shows an unidentified consort of a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and her son. Their hands are clasped together, lending the composition a certain intimacy. This was originally thought to be the ...
Maria Antonia (1724-80) was the daughter of Emperor Charles VII. She married the elector of Saxony, Frederick Christian, in 1747. She was a talented amateur painter, poet and musician and an honorary member of the Academy of S. Luca, the association of painters, in Rome. As she painted in oil, pastel and miniature it is possible that this miniature may be a copy of a self-portrait. The ...
