Philip claimed to be disgusted by her and the "sexual wasteland" of his arranged marriage,[3] said that he only shared her bed by duty and stated that she drank too much.

[4] Christine was nevertheless frequently pregnant; she gave birth to ten children in twenty years,[5] nine of whom lived to adulthood.

[7] In 1540, Christine gave her consent to her husband's bigamy with his lover in writing as long as any children had an inferior status,[8] but it was politically disadvantageous[9] had a negative effect upon the Protestant Reformation.

[10] Margarethe von der Saale was never seen at court and her children were barred from any claim to the landgraviate and from inheriting their fathers lands.

Lead glazed earthenware stove tiles of Phillip and Christine were excavated in Haapsalu, Estonia, and are held in the collection of the Läänemaa Museum.