Barbara of Poland

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Barbara of Poland (15 July 1478 — 15 February 1534) was a princess of Poland and a duchess of Saxony.

She was the daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Elisabeth of Austria (1437–1505).

[edit] Ancestry

16. Gediminas of Lithuania

8. Algirdas, King of Lithuania

17. Jewna of Polatsk

4. Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland

18. Alexander I, Grand Prince of Tver

9. Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver

19. Anastasia of Halych

2. Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland

20. Ivan Olguimontovicz, Prince of Holszanski

10. Andrew of Halshany

5. Sophia of Halshany

11. Alexandra Dimitrijewna Drutskoy

1. Barbara of Poland

24. Albert III, Duke of Austria

12. Albert IV, Duke of Austria

25. Beatrice of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg

6. Albert II of Germany

26. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

13. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria

27. Margaret of Brieg

3. Elizabeth of Austria

28. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

14. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

29. Elizabeth of Pomerania

7. Elisabeth II of Bohemia

30. Hermann II of Celje

15. Barbara of Celje

31. Anna, Countess of Schaunberg

[edit] Family

On 21 November 1496, in Leipzig, she married George, Duke of Saxony (1471-1539). They had the following children:

Christoph (died young)
Johann (24 August – 11 January 1537)
Wolfgang (died young)
Anna (died young)
Christoph (died young)
Agnes (died young)
Friedrich (15 March 1504 – 26 February 1539)
Christine (25 December 1505 – 15 April 1549), married Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
Magdalena (7 March 1507 – 25 January 1534), married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
Margarethe (died young)

[edit] Genetics

Through her daughter Christine, Barbara of Poland is a direct matrilineal ancestor of Nicholas II of Russia. Provided the genealogy is correct, this implies that she and all her matrilineal relatives are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.