BARBARA OF POLAND

'Barbara of Poland' (15 July 1478 — 15 February 1534) was a princess of Poland and a duchess of Saxony.
She was the daughter of Kazimierz IV Jagiellon, King of Poland, and Elisabeth of Austria (1437–1505).

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Ancestry

Family

Genetics

Ancestry

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)

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.