Sybille of Cleves by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526. Lucas Cranach the Elder ( Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 4 October 1472 &ndash 16 October 1553) was a German painter

Sybille of Cleves (Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) (January 17, 1512, Düsseldorf—February 21, 1554, Weimar) was the eldest daughter of John III, Duke of Cleves and a sister of Anne of Cleves. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, John III "The Peaceful", Duke of Kleve - Mark (John III Duke of Cleves John I Duke of Jülich-Berg ( German: Johann III "Der Anne of Cleves Queen of England (22 September 1515&ndash16 July 1557 ( German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII Sybille's mother was Maria of Jülich-Berg (1491-1543). Maria of Jülich-Berg ( 3 August 1491 - 29 August 1543) was born in Of Jülich the daughter of Wilhelm IV Duke of Jülich-Berg and Sibylle In September, 1526 Sybille married John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. John Frederick I Elector of Saxony (Johann Friedrich I b Torgau, 30 June 1503 – d She had four sons with her husband: Johann Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (b. Johann Frederick II Duke of Saxony (b Torgau, 8 January 1529 - d Torgau, 8 January 1529 - d. Torgau is a Town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. as imperial prisoner at Schloss Steyer, Upper Austria, 19 May 1595); Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b. Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar (b Torgau, 11 March 1530 d Torgau, 11 March 1530 - d. Weimar, 2 March 1573); Johann Ernst (b. Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, Weimar, 5 January 1535 - d. Weimar, 11 January 1535); Johann Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1554-1565) (b. Torgau, 16 January 1538 - d. Jena, 31 October 1565). Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. During the siege of Wittenberg, Sybille was protecting it in her husband's stead. Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a Town in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the Elbe To save his wife and sons, and to prevent Wittenberg from being destroyed, John Frederick conceded the Capitulation of Wittenberg, and, resigned the government of his country in favor of Maurice of Saxony. The Capitulation of Wittenberg (Wittenberger Kapitulation was a treaty in 1547 by which John Frederick I Elector of Saxony, was compelled to resign the electoral Maurice I Elector of Saxony (b Freiberg, March 21, 1521 &ndash d

This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of 4 December 2006. An Electress (Kurfürstin electrix was the consort of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the Empire's greatest princes