Background
Sophie was born at Zechlin castle, Rheinsberg, a daughter of the Elector of Brandenburg John George (1525–1598) by his second marriage with Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1548–1575), daughter of Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Sophie was born at Zechlin castle, Rheinsberg, a daughter of the Elector of Brandenburg John George (1525–1598) by his second marriage with Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1548–1575), daughter of Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
On 25 April 1582 in Dresden, Sophie married Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591). In allusion to the pious widow Judith in the Book of Judith, the orthodox Lutherans thereafter celebrated her as "Judith of Saxony". As a widow, Sophie lived in the so-called "Fraumutterhaus" in Dresden or in Castle Colditz.
She had her own gold coins ("Sophie ducats", Sophiendukaten) minted.
She also had the old Franciscan church in Dresden again readied for divine service (1599–1610), which after her was called the Sophienkirche. The "Duchess"s Garden" (Der Herzogin Garten) also takes its name from Duchess Sophie.
She died at Colditz Castle. Franz Blanckmeister: Kurfürstin Anna Sophie von Sachsen: eine evangelische Bekennerin, Barmen Franz Otto Stichart: Galerie der Sächsischen Fürstinnen.
Biogr. Skizzen sämmtl.
Ahnfrauen daughter Königl. Hauses Sachsen. Quellengemäß dargest., Leipzig 1857 Ute Essegern: Fürstinnen am kursächsischen Hof, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2007.