Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth
Duchess consort of Pomerania-Stettin
About Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth
Lived 1587 – 1635 (aged 48). Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth was an aristocrat.
Sophie of Saxony (29 April 1587 – 9 December 1635) was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. She was a princess of Saxony by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin.
Life Sophie was a daughter of the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie (1568–1622), the daughter of Elector John George of Brandenburg.
On 26 August 1610, in Dresden, she married Duke Francis of Pomerania-Stettin (1577–1620). No children were born from this marriage. After Francis's death, Sophie received the city and district of Wolin as her wittum. She administered the district during the difficult years of the Thirty Years' War. Between 1622 and 1626, she built a new residence in Wolin, because the old Wolin Castle was rather dilapidated.
After her death, the district fell back to Duke Bogislaw XIV of Pomerania. However, all movable property, such as furniture and the grain stocks, were confiscated by the Swedish army, because Sweden was at war with Saxony and Sweden considered her a Saxon.
Sophie was initially buried in the ducal crypt in Szczecin, but in 1650 her body was transferred to the Sophienkirche in Dresden.
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Who was Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth?
Duchess consort of Pomerania-Stettin (1587-1635)
When was Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth born?
Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth was born on 29 April 1587 in Dresden.
When did Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth die?
Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth died on 9 December 1635 in Szczecin.
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Sophie, Duchess Consort of Pomerania-Barth was an aristocrat.
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