Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

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Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth was a Protestant German princess and Electress of Saxony who became known for refusing to convert to Catholicism when her husband Augustus II the Strong became King of Poland.

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Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Electress of Saxony
German noblewoman
Protestant
human
princess
associatedWith Electorate of Saxony
Kingdom of Poland
birthDate 1671-12-29
birthPlace Bayreuth
Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
burialPlace Freiberg Cathedral
centuryOfActivity 17th century
18th century
child Augustus III of Poland
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1727-09-05
deathPlace Electorate of Saxony
Pretzsch
ethnicGroup German
familyName Hohenzollern
father Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
givenName Christiane
Eberhardine
honorificPrefix Her Electoral Highness
languageSpoken German
marriageDate 1693-01-20
marriagePlace Bayreuth
memberOfDynasty House of Hohenzollern
mother Sophie Louise of Württemberg
nobleTitle Electress of Saxony
Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
notableFor refusal to convert to Catholicism
steadfast adherence to Protestant faith
positionHeld Electress consort of Saxony
Queen consort of Poland (de jure)
refusedToConvertTo Roman Catholicism
religion Lutheranism
Protestantism
residence Pretzsch Castle
Saxony
sibling George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
spouse Augustus II the Strong
spouseConvertedFor Polish crown
spouseReligion Roman Catholicism (after conversion)
spouseTitle Elector of Saxony
King of Poland
titleHeldFrom Electress of Saxony, from 1694
linked to: Electress of Saxony

Queen consort of Poland (de jure), from 1697

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Augustus II the Strong spouse Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Augustus III of Poland mother Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
subject linked to: Augustus III as King of Poland
August the Strong spouse Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Augustus mother Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
August III Sas mother Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Augustus the Strong spouse Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony mother Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth