Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels | |
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Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach | |
Tenure | 28 July 1708 – 28 November 1726 |
Born | Halle | 3 September 1673
Died | 28 November 1726 Eisenach | (aged 53)
Spouse | John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach |
Issue | Christiane Wilhelmine, Princess of Nassau-Usingen |
House | House of Wettin |
Father | Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels |
Mother | Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg |
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels (3 September 1673 – 28 November 1726), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin (Albertine line) and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach.
Born in Halle, she was the oldest daughter and first child of Duke Johann Adolf I of Saxe-Weissenfels and his wife Johanna Magdalena, the daughter of Duke Frederick William II of Saxe-Altenburg. She was named after her paternal great-grandmother, Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.
In Weissenfels on 28 July 1708, Magdalene Sibylle married John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach as his third wife. They had three children, of whom only one survived to adulthood:
She died in Eisenach aged 53 and was buried in the Georgenkirche, Eisenach. [1]