Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

(1671-1727)

Queen consort of Poland

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Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (19 December 1671 – 4 September 1727) was Electress of Saxony from 1694 to 1727 (her death) and Queen Consort of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1697 to 1727 by marriage to Augustus II the Strong. Not once throughout the whole of her thirty-year queenship did she set foot in Poland, instead living in Saxony in self-imposed exile. Born a German margravine, she was called Sachsens Betsäule, "Saxony's pillar of prayer", by her Protestant subjects for her refusal to convert to Catholicism. Despite the allegiance of Christiane Eberhardine and her mother-in-law, Anna Sophie of Denmark, to Lutheranism, her husband and son, later Augustus III, both became Catholics, ensuring Catholic succession in the Albertine lands after a century and a half.

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Born	Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 19 December 1671 Bayreuth
Died	4 September 1727 (aged 55) Pretzsch an der Elbe
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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Augustus II the Strong 1670-1733 · Elector of Saxony (r. 1694-1733); Ruler of Poland-Lithuania (r. 1697-1706, 1709-33) · m. 1693 info edit

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Augustus III of Poland info 1st child with Augustus II the Strong Male b. 17 Oct 1696 d. 5 Oct 1763 · Age: 66 (at death) · 1696-1763 · Ruler of Poland-Lithuania from 1733 to 1763

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