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Sophie Eleonor of Saxony

Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt
Bildnis der Sophie Eleonore von Sachsen, Landgräfin von Hessen-Darmstadt, Gemahlin des Landgrafen Georg II. (1609-1671).jpg
Born (1609-11-23)23 November 1609
Died 2 June 1671(1671-06-02) (aged 61)
Spouse George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Issue
Detail
Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Elisabeth Amalie, Electress Palatine
Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
Louise Christine, Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg
Anna Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Marie Hedwig, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen
House Wettin
Father John George I, Elector of Saxony
Mother Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
Religion Lutheranism

Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (23 November 1609 – 2 June 1671) was a Duchess (Herzogin) of Saxony by birth and the Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1627 to 1661 through her marriage to Landgrave George II. She was the eldest surviving child of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. Her daughter Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt became Electress of the Palatinate.

She was born in Dresden. Her two sisters were Marie Elisabeth and Magdalene Sibylle. Her brothers were Johann Georg, August, Christian, and Maurice.

She married Landgrave Georg II of Hesse-Darmstadt on April 1, 1627 in Torgau, aged seventeen. They had fifteen children; she raised them as strict Lutherans. However, her daughter Elisabeth Amalie, later Electress Palatine, converted to Roman Catholicism in 1653.

She survived her husband by ten years and died in Darmstadt.


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