father house death_date mother birth_place death_place image_size birth_date spouse titles issue image article_title name
george , duke of saxony house of wettin house of hesse 15 april 1549 barbara jagiellon dresden kassel 220px 25 december 1505 philip i , landgrave of hesse the landgravine of hesse princess christine of saxony agnes ludwig barbara louis iv , landgrave of hesse-marburg elisabeth philip anna ii , landgrave of hesse-rheinfels christine george i , landgrave william of hesse-darmstadt iv , landgrave of hesse-kassel philipp christensachsenhessen.jpg christine of saxony
 christina of saxony
christine of saxony

christine of saxony -lrb- 25 december 1505 -- 15 april 1549 -rrb- was a german noble , landgravine of hesse .
she was the regent of hesse in 1547-1549 .
she was the daughter of george , duke of saxony `` the bearded '' , duke of saxony and barbara jagiellon .
her paternal grandparents were albert , duke of saxony and sidonie of bohemia .
her maternal grandparents were casimir iv jagiellon , king of poland and elisabeth of austria .
on 11 december 1523 in kassel , she married landgrave philip i , landgrave of hesse , called `` the magnanimous '' .
they had 10 children .
the marriage was arranged to forge an alliance between hesse and saxony and was unhappy ; philip claimed to be disgusted by her and only shared her bed by duty .
whilst married to christine , philip practised bigamy and had another nine children with his other -lrb- morganatic -rrb- wife , margarethe von der saale ; in 1540 , christine gave her consent to her husband 's bigamy with his lover because of her view upon him as her sovereign .
saale , however , was never seen at court .
during philip 's absence and captivity in 1547-49 , christine was regent jointly with her son .
