Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
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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.
| Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | |
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| Queen consort of Poland Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania | |
| Tenure | 15 September 1697 – 1 September 1706 |
| Tenure | 1709 – 4 September 1727 |
| Electress consort of Saxony | |
| Tenure | 27 April 1694 – 4 September 1727 |
| Born | (1671-12-19)19 December 1671 Bayreuth |
| Died | 4 September 1727(1727-09-04) (aged 55) Pretzsch an der Elbe |
| Burial | St. Nicholas Evangelical Church, Pretzsch an der Elbe |
| Spouse | Augustus II of Poland |
| Issue | Augustus III of Poland |
| House | Hohenzollern |
| Father | Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
| Mother | Sophie Luise of Württemberg |