Barbara of Poland

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Barbara of Poland (15 July 1478 — 15 February 1534) was a princess of Poland and a duchess of Saxony.

She was the daughter of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Elisabeth of Austria (1437–1505).

On 21 November 1496, in Leipzig, she married George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539). They had the following children:

  1. Christoph (died young)
  2. Johann (24 August – 11 January 1537)
  3. Wolfgang (died young)
  4. Anna (died young)
  5. Christoph (died young)
  6. Agnes (died young)
  7. Friedrich (15 March 1504 – 26 February 1539)
  8. Christine (25 December 1505 – 15 April 1549), married Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
  9. Magdalena (7 March 1507 – 25 January 1534), married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
  10. Margarethe (died young)

[edit] Genetics

Through her daughter Christine, Barbara of Poland is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.


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