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John George III Elector of Saxony 1647–1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1647

Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Death Date: 12 Sep 1691

Death Location: Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Father: Johann II

Mother: Magdalene Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Spouse(s): Anna Denmark

Children(s): John Saxony, Augustus Lithuania

In 1647, John George III Elector of Saxony entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, born to Johann Georg Von Wettin Kurfurst Von Sachsen Prinz Ii And Magdalene Sibylle Margravine Of Brandenburg Bayreuth. John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sofia Of Denmark, and had children including Augustus Ii The Strong Frederick Augustus I Elector Of Saxony King Of Poland Grand Duke Of Lithuania, John George Iv Elector Of Saxony. John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Biography

  • In 1647, John George III Elector of Saxony entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany, born to Johann Georg Von Wettin Kurfurst Von Sachsen Prinz Ii And Magdalene Sibylle Margravine Of Brandenburg Bayreuth.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sofia Of Denmark, and had children including Augustus Ii The Strong Frederick Augustus I Elector Of Saxony King Of Poland Grand Duke Of Lithuania, John George Iv Elector Of Saxony.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann II
1613–1680
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
JI
Magdalene Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1612–1687
Birth Location: Bayreuth, Unterfranken, Bayern
MB

Spouses(s)

Anna Denmark
1647–1717
Birth Location: Flensburg, Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
AD

Children(s)

John Saxony
1668–1694
Birth Location: –
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Augustus Lithuania
1670–1733
Birth Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
AL

John Saxony's Ancestors

Self
John Saxony
1647–1691
Birth Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Parents
Johann Georg von Wettin Kurfürst von Sachsen Prinz II
1613–1680
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Magdalene (Sibylle, Margravine of) Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1612–1687
Bayreuth, Unterfranken, Bayern
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Saxony's Descendants

1.
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John (George III Elector of) Saxony (20 Jun 1647–12 Sep 1691) m. Anna (Sofia of) Denmark (01 Sep 1647–01 Jul 1717)
  1. 1. John (George IV Elector of) Saxony 1668–1694
  2. 2. Augustus (II "the Strong" (Frederick Augustus I) Elector of Saxony, King of Poland, Grand Duke of) Lithuania 1670–1733 m. Eberhardine (de BRANDEBOURG) BAYREUTH 1671–1727
    1. 1. Frederick (augustus III and II von) SACHSEN 1696–1763 m. Maria (Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Queen consort of Germany, Queen consort of Bohemia, Electress of Bavaria, House of) Habsburg 1696–1757
      1. 1. Maria (Elisabeth Appolonia von) Sachsen 1736–1818
      2. 2. Maria (Kunigunde Dorothea von) Sachsen 1740–1826
      3. 3. Maria (Josepha Karolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria) Wettin 1731–1767
      4. 4. Marie (Amalie Christina) Saxony 1724–1780
      5. 5. Joseph (August von) Sachsen 1721–1728
      6. 6. Marie (Margarethe von) Sachsen 1727–1734
      7. 7. Maria (Christina Anna Theresia Salomea Eulalia Franziska Xaveria Königliche Prinzessin Von Polen und Sachsen Sternkreuzordensdame) Wettin 1735–1782
      8. 8. Infant Saxony 1723–1723
      9. 9. Friedrich (August von) Sachsen 1720–1721
      10. 10. Friedrich (Christian Wettin, Elector of) Saxony 1722–1763 m. Maria (Antonia Walpurgis Wittelsbach) Bayern 1724–1780 m. Maria (Antonia Walpurgia von) Bayern 1724–1780
        1. 1. Maria (Amalia Princess of) Saxony 1757–1831
        2. 2. Boy Wettin 1748–1748
        3. 3. Joseph (Maria Ludwig Johann Nepomuck Aloys Gonzaga Franz Xavier Januar Anton de Padua Polycarp Wettin von) Sachsen 1754–1763
        4. 4. Karl, (Prince of) Saxony 1752–1781
        5. 5. Prinz (von Sachsen von) Wettin 1748–1748
        6. 6. Unbekannt Sohn 1748–1748
        7. 7. unbekannt (von) Sachsen 1748–1748
        8. 8. Son Wettin* 1762–1762
        9. 9. Therese (Maria Josepha Magdalena Anna Antonia Walburga Ignatia Xaveria Augustina Aloysia Fortunata von) Sachsen 1761–1820
        10. 10. Frederick (Augustus I, King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw,) Wettin 1750–1827 m. Maria (Amalia Augusta von) Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld 1752–1828
        11. 11. Frederick (Augustus King of) Saxony 1755–1836
        12. 12. Karl (van Saksen) Meissen 1752–1781
        13. 13. Frederik (August I Wettin von) Sachsen 1750–1827
        14. 14. Anne (Marie Luise) Witten 1761–1820
        15. 15. Maximiliaan (Maria Joseph Anton Johan-Baptist Johan-Evangelist Ignace August Xavier Aloys Johan-Nepomuk Januar Hermenegild Agnell Wettin Prins van) Saksen 1759–1838
        16. 16. Anton Wettin 1755–1836
        17. 17. Prinz (von Sachsen) Wettin 1752–1781
        18. 18. N.N (van) Saksen 1748–1748
        19. 19. Anton (Clemens Theodore Maria Joseph John Evangelista John Nepomuk Frans Xavier Aloys Januar Wettin) Sachsen 1755–1836
        20. 20. Prinz (von Sachsen von) Wettin 1748–1748
        21. 21. MAXIMILIAN WETTIN 1870–1951
        22. 22. Sohn (von) SACHSEN 1762–1762
        23. 23. Karl (Maximilian Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz Xavier Januar) Wettin 1752–1781
        24. 24. Anton (Clemens I, King of) Saxony 1755–1836
        25. 25. Josef (Maria Louis, Prince of) Saxony 1754–1763
        26. 26. Leopold Wettin 1762–1762
        27. 27. son (Saxony) Witten 1748–1748
        28. 28. Boy Wettin 1748–1748
        29. 29. Therese (Maria Anna Josepha Magdalena Von Wettin) Saxe 1761–1820
        30. 30. Maria (Amalia Anna Josephine Anthonia Justine Augusta Xavieria Aloyse Johanna Von Saxe Wettin Duchess consort of) Zweibrücken 1757–1831
        31. 31. King (Anthony Clemens Theodore Maria Joseph Johan “Anton” “The Kind" Von Wettin) Saxe 1755–1836 m. Maria (Amalia van Pfalz) Zweibrucken 1752–1828 m. Maria (Theresa Josepha Charlotte Johanna 'Archduchess of Austria' Habsburg-Lorraine 'Queen Consort of Saxony' Lotharingen aka Prudence) Rosser\Rounds 1767–1827 m. Maria Viltfck 1764–1782
        32. 32. Therese (Maria Josepha Magdalena Anna Antonia Walburga Ignatia Xaveria Augustina Aloysia Fortunata von) Sachsen 1761–1820
        33. 33. Karl (van Saksen) Meissen 1752–1781
        34. 34. Friedrich (van Saksen) Meissen 1750–1827
        35. 35. Friedrich (August III Koenig von) Sachsen 1750–1827
        36. 36. Son (von) Sachsen 1748–1748
        37. 37. Karl (Maximilian von) Sachsen 1752–1781
        38. 38. Joseph (Maria Kurfürst von) Sachsen 1754–1763
        39. 39. Stillborn (son von) Sachsen 1762–1762
        40. 40. Maximilian ({1759} von Sachsen :Crown Prince of) Saxony 1759–1838 m. Maria (Luisa Carlota, Crown Princess of Saxony of) Parma 1802–1857 m. Carolina (Caroline Maria Therese Teresa Josepha Giuseppa de of Bourbon Parma AKA Carolina Maria Teresa Giuseppa Bourbon, Carolina Bourbon, Carolina Maria Teresa Giuseppa de Bourbon-Parm Princess Carolina of) Parma 1770–1804
        41. 41. Maria (Amalia {1757} von) Sachsen 1757–1831
        42. 42. Friedrich (Augustus I {1750} von Sachsen :King of) Saxony 1750–1827
        43. 43. Karl (Maximilian {1752} von) Sachsen 1752–1781
        44. 44. Maria (Josepha {1761} von) Sachsen 1761–1820
        45. 45. Karl (Maximilian von) Sachsen 1752–1781
        46. 46. Maria (Amalie Anna Josephina Antonia Justina Augusta Xaveria Aloysia Johanna Nepomucena Magdalena Walpurgis Katharina) [Wettin] 1757–1831
        47. 47. Anton (König Von) Sachsen 1755–1836
        48. 48. Friedrich (August I (III) Wettin von) Sachsen 1750–1827
        49. 49. Therese (Maria Anna von) Sachsen 1761–1820
        50. 50. Joseph (Maria von) Sachsen 1754–1763
      11. 11. Franz (Xaver von) Sachsen 1730–1806
      12. 12. Clemens (Wenceslaus von) Sachsen 1739–1812
      13. 13. Karl (Christian Joseph of) Courland 1733–1796
      14. 14. Albert (Kasimir August Ignaz Pius Franz Xaver Königlicher Prinz Von Polen und Sachsen Herzog Von Teschen Generalstatthalter Der Ö Wettin Duke of) Teschen 1738–1822
      15. 15. Stillborn (Child of) Saxony 1723–1723
      16. 16. Maria (Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga Königliche Prinzessin Von Polen und Prinzessin Von Sachsen Reina De Espa) Wettin 1724–1760
      17. 17. Maria (Josepha Wettin) Sachsen 1731–1767
      18. 18. Albert (Casimir Augustus Wettin of) Saxony 1738–1822
      19. 19. Albert (August Ludwig) Wettin 1730–1806
      20. 20. Marie (Amalie Christina) Saxony 1717–1780
      21. 21. Frans (Xavier Albert August Lodewijk Benno Wettin Graaf van Opper- en) Neder-Lausitz 1730–1806
      22. 22. Maria (Anna Sophie Sabina Angela Franziska Xaveria Königliche Prinzessin Von Polen und Prinzessin Von Sachsen Kurfürstin Von Baye) Wettin 1728–1797
      23. 23. Maria (Elisabetha Apollonia Casimira Franziska von) Sachsen 1740–1818
      24. 24. Maria (Elisabeth Apollonia Princess of Wettin, Princess Abbess of) Saxony 1736–1818
      25. 25. Clemens (Wenceslaus August Hubert Franz Xaver von) Sachsen 1739–1812
      26. 26. Karl (Christian Joseph Ignaz Eugen Franz Xaver Prinz Von Polen und Sachsen Herzog Von Kurland und Semgallen Von) Wettin 1733–1796
      27. 27. Maria (Christina Anna Teresia Princess Abbess of) Remiremont 1735–1782
      28. 28. Joseph (August Wilhelm Friedrich Franz Xaver Johann Nepomuk Königlicher Prinz Von Polen Kurprinz Von Sachsen Von Wettin\ albertinische) Wettiner 1721–1728
      29. 29. Maria (Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga Königliche Prinzessin Von Polen und Prinzessin Von Sachsen Reina De Espa) Wettin 1724–1760
      30. 30. Friedrich (Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver Königlicher Prinz Von Polen Kurprinz Von Sachsen Von Wettin\ albertinischen) Wettiner 1722–1763
      31. 31. Maria (Kunigunde Dorothea of) Wettin 1740–1826
      32. 32. Christine (of) Wettin 1735–1782
      33. 33. Charles (of Courland of) Wettin 1733–1796
      34. 34. Frederick (August of) Wettin 1720–1721
      35. 35. Charles d'Espagne 1733–1796
      36. 36. Francis (Xavier) deBourbon 1730–1806
      37. 37. Mary (Josephine) Saxony 1731–1767
    2. 2. Anna (Karolina) Orzelska 1707–1769
    3. 3. Maria (Anna Katharina Countess) Rutowska 1706–1746
    4. 4. Frederick (Augustus) Rutowsky 1702–1764
    5. 5. Maurice (de) Saxe-Wittenburg 1696–1750

John Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1647
20 Jun 1647
Birth of John George III Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
1691
12 Sep 1691
Age 44
Death of John George III Elector of Saxony in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jun 1647
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1691
    Event Place: Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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