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Born 23 November 1609 ( 1609-11-23 ) IssueDetail Louis VI, Landgrave of Hesse-DarmstadtElisabeth Amalie, Electress PalatineSophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-HomburgLouise Christine, Countess of Stolberg-StolbergAnna Sophia, Abbess of QuedlinburgMarie Hedwig, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Grandchildren Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine Died June 2, 1671 (aged 61), Darmstadt, Germany Similar Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia, Elisabeth of Anhalt Zerbst, Magdalene of Brandenburg | ||
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.
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Life
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.
Children
She had the following children with George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt: