Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth husband nor her son were present at the funeral. In commemoration of her death, Johann Sebastian Bach composed the cantata "Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198", to a text of Johann Christoph Gottsched, first performed on 15 October 1727 in the Paulinerkirche, the church of the University of Leipzig. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (19 December 1671 – 4 September 1727) was Electress of Saxony from 1694 to 1727 (her death) and titular Queen of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1697 to 1727 by marriage to Augustus II the Strong. Not once throughout the whole of
Margraviate of Brandenburg throne, as they already held the vote of Bohemia. Charles succeeded in purchasing Brandenburg from Margrave Otto for 500,000 guilders in 1373 and, at a in Guben, he attached (but not incorporated) Brandenburg to the Crown of Bohemia. The "Landbuch" ("land book", i.e. estate register) of Charles IV, a source for the history of medieval settlement in Brandenburg, originated during this time. Charles chose the castle of to be the electoral residence. The power of the Luxembourgs in Brandenburg declined during the reign of Charles's nephew Jobst of Moravia. The was pawned to the Teutonic Knights, who neglected the border