Background
Sophie was the third of seven children and the second daughter of Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg and his wife Sophie of Pomerania.
Sophie was the third of seven children and the second daughter of Duke Magnus II of Mecklenburg and his wife Sophie of Pomerania.
John and Sophie had a son together:
John Frederick I (1503-1554), succeed his father as Elector of Saxony, married in 1527 to Sibylle of Cleves (1512-1554)
She was buried in the city church of Saint Mary in Torgau. Her bronze grave plate was crafted by Peter Vischer the Elder in his workshop in Nuremberg, after a design by Jacopo de" Barbari. lieutenant was decicated to Saint Anne and the Fourteen Holy Helpers, and was inaugurated on 18 July 1505.
The brother commissioned an altar piece from Lucas Cranach the Elder.
A triptych which is now on display at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt and is known as the Torgau Altarpiece, is generally believed to be this altarpiece. Another painting by Cranach, a compact representation of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, remained in Torgau, and is now placed behind her grave.