Sidonie of Saxony (also: Sidonia; 1518 – 1575). Princess of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Princess of Calenberg-Göttingen.
Sidonie was the daughter of the Duke Henry IV of Saxony (1473–1541) from his marriage to Catherine (1487–1561), daughter of the Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg. Her brothers were Elector Maurice of Saxony and Augustus; her sister Sibylle was from 1540 by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg; her sister Aemilia was from 1533 by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
She married in 1545 Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1584), who was ten years her junior.
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Form left to right: Sidonie, Aemilia and Sibylle, by Lucas Cranach the Elder |
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