Christian II, Elector of Saxony
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Christian II (b. Dresden, 23 September 1583 - d. Dresden, 23 June 1611) was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611.
He was the eldest son of Christian I of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.
Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of eight. Because of his youth, his kinsman, Duke Frederick Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar, assumed the regency of the Electorate until 1601, when Christian was declared an adult and began to govern.
In the course of the event that eventually led to the Thirty Years' War, his refusal to join the Union of Auhausen deepened the division between the Protestant German states.
In Dresden on 12 September 1602, Christian married Hedwig, daughter of the King Frederick II of Denmark. This marriage was childless.
Without direct heirs, on his death his brother Johann Georg succeeded him as Elector.
[edit] Ancestry
| Christian II, Elector of Saxony | Father: Christian I, Elector of Saxony |
Paternal Grandfather: Augustus, Elector of Saxony |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Katharina of Mecklenburg |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Anna of Denmark |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Christian III of Denmark |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg |
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| Mother: Sophie of Brandenburg |
Maternal Grandfather: John George, Elector of Brandenburg |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena of Saxony |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Sabine of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
Maternal Great-grandfather: George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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| Preceded by Christian I |
Elector of Saxony 1591–1611 |
Succeeded by John George I |
