Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

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Barbara von Sachsen-Wittenberg (Askanier), Markgräfin zu Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Also Known As: "van Saksen", "von Sachsen", "de Saxe", "of Saxony"
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Birthplace: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
Death: October 10, 1465 (55-64)
Schloss Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Deutschland (HRR)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rudolf III von Sachsen-Wittenberg, Herzog zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürst zu Sachsen and Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürstin zu Sachsen
Wife of John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
Mother of Barbara Gonzaga, marquise of Mantua; Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Princess, Duchess of Pomerania; Rudolf von Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Prinz and Dorothea of Brandenburg
Half sister of Scholastika von Sagan

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About Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

From Find a Grave:

Nobility. Born the youngest daughter of Rudolf III and Barbara of Liegnitz. She married Johann von Brandenburg in 1416 and bore him four children. After his death she retired to Bayreuth. She was the first noble to be buried in this church, 155 years before the vault was established as burial place for the Margraves.

Buried: Stadtkirche Bayreuth Bayreuth, Stadtkreis Bayreuth, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany

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Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg's Timeline

1405
1405
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
1422
September 30, 1422
Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR)
1424
February 2, 1424
Of Berlin Prusia, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
1425
1425
Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR)
1430
November 25, 1430
Berlin, Brandenburg, Deutschland(HRR)
1465
October 10, 1465
Age 60
Schloss Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Deutschland (HRR)
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