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
Jack Brandenburg Jack Brandenburg Jack Brandenburg (born October 22, 1951) is a Republican Michigan state senator. He was elected to office in 2010. Previously he had served for six years as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives and a member of that body's appropriations committee. Brandenburg was born in Canton, Ohio. He has a bachelor's degree from Ashland University. Brandenburg is a businessman who founded and owns Blue Water Industrial Supply, a company headquartered in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Brandenburg lives in Harrison Township, Michigan. Prior to his election to the state house of representatives in 2002 Brandenburg had served as