Catherine of Mecklenburg

Catherine of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Saxony, was the daughter of the Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg and Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin. She married on 6 July 1512 in Freiberg Duke Henry the Pious of Saxony. The couple had six children:

• Sibylle (1515–1592)

married in 1540 Duke Francis I of Saxe-Lauenburg (1510–1581)

• Aemilia (1516–1591)

married in 1533 Margrave George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1534)

• Sidonie (1518–1575)

married in 1545 Duke Eric II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1528–1584)

• Maurice (1521–1553), Elector of Saxony

married in 1541 princess Agnes of Hesse (1527–1555)

• Severinus (1522–1533)
• Augustus (1526–1586), Elector of Saxony

married in 1548 princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (1532–1585)