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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, Electorate of Saxony

Death Date: 12 Sep 1691

Death Location: Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

Father: Johann Sachsen

Mother: Magdalena Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Spouse(s): Anna Denmark

Children(s): Augustus "Porcelain", John Saxony

John George III Elector of Saxony was born in 1647 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of Johann Georg Ii Elector Von Sachsen And Magdalena Von Brandenburg Bayreuth. John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sophia Princess Of Denmark, and had children including Augustus Ii The Strong Von Saxe Wittenburg King Of Poland Porcelain, John George Iv Elector Of Saxony. John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

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Biography

  • John George III Elector of Saxony was born in 1647 in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, the child of Johann Georg Ii Elector Von Sachsen And Magdalena Von Brandenburg Bayreuth.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sophia Princess Of Denmark, and had children including Augustus Ii The Strong Von Saxe Wittenburg King Of Poland Porcelain, John George Iv Elector Of Saxony.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johann Sachsen
1613–1680
Birth Location: Dresden, Deutschland
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Magdalena Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1612–1687
Birth Location: Bayreuth, Bayreuther Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
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Spouses(s)

Anna Denmark
1647–1717
Birth Location: Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein
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Children(s)

Augustus "Porcelain"
1670–1733
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
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John Saxony
1668–1694
Birth Location: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
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John Saxony's Ancestors

Self
John Saxony
1647–1691
Birth Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Parents
Johann Georg II Elector von Sachsen
1613–1680
Dresden, Deutschland
Magdalena (von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth
1612–1687
Bayreuth, Bayreuther Stadtkreis, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany
Grandparents
Johann (Georg I von Sachsen-Meissen, Elector of) Saxony
1585–1656
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
Magdalena (Sybille van Brandenburg von Hohenzollern, Electress of) Saxony
1586–1659
Kaliningrad, Oost-Pruisen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Christian Saxony
1560–1591
Sophie Saxony
1568–1622
2nd-Great-Grandparents
August Sachsen-Meissen
1526–1586
Anna Denemarken
1532–1585
Johann Calvinism
1525–1598
Sabine Brandenburg-Ansbach
1529–1575

John Saxony's Descendants

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John (George III Elector of) Saxony (20 Jun 1647–12 Sep 1691) m. Anna (Sophia Princess of) Denmark (1 Sep 1647–1 Jul 1717)
  1. 1. Augustus (II 'the Strong' Von Saxe-Wittenburg, King of Poland,) "Porcelain" 1670–1733 m. Christiane (Eberhardine, Countess Von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671–1727 m. Ursula (Katharina of) Altenbockum 1680–1743 m. Henriette Renárd
    1. 1. Maurice (de) Saxe-Wittenburg 1696–1750
    2. 2. Frederick (Augustus Rutowsky,) Count 1702–1764
    3. 3. Anna (Karolina Orzelska, Princess of) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1707–1769 m. Karl (Ludwig Friedrich von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1690–1774
      1. 1. Karl (Friedrich von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1732–1772
    4. 4. Johann (Georg Chevalier de) Saxe 1704–1774
    5. 5. Frederick (Augustus von Saxe-Wittenburg, Archduke of) Poland 1696–1763 m. Marie (Josepha of Habsburg Archduchess of Austria, Queen of) Poland 1699–1757
      1. 1. Marie (Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of) France 1731–1767 m. Louis (Ferdinand Bourbon Capet, Dauphin of) France 1729–1765
        1. 1. Louis (Auguste XVI, House of Bourbon, King of France & Navarre, French Revolution, DNA linked to George F) Griffin 1754–1793 m. Marie (Antoinette von Habsburg-Lorraine, Queen of France and Navarre, Archduchess of) Austria 1755–1793
        2. 2. Louis ("Duc d'Burgundy") de-Capet 1751–1761
        3. 3. Louis (XVIII de Capet, Roi d'France & Navarre, Count) d'Provence 1755–1824
        4. 4. Marie (Clotilde "Queen of Sardinia") de-Capet 1759–1802
        5. 5. Élisabeth (de Capet, Princess) d'France 1764–1794
        6. 6. Charles (X Phillipe Bourbon, King of France after Napolean, Bourbon Restoration, the 1830 July Revolution resulted in his) abdication 1757–1836 m. Maria (Theresia of) Savoy 1756–1805
      2. 2. Marie (Anna Von) Saxe-Wittenberg 1728–1797
      3. 3. Karl (Christian Joseph Ignaz Eugen Franz Saxe-) Wittenburg 1733–1796
      4. 4. Friedrich (August Von) Saxe-Wittenberg 1720–1721
      5. 5. Maria (Amalia Flora Walburga Wettin, Queen Consort of Spain, Princess of Saxony &) Poland 1724–1760 m. Carlos (Charles III Capet de Bourbon, King of Spain & Sicily, Duke of Parma &) Piacenza 1716–1788
        1. 1. Ferdinand (IV Antonio Pascual of Bourbon, King of) Naples-Sicily 1751–1825 m. Maria (Carolina Louisa Josephe von Hapsburg, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Naples and) Sicily 1752–1814
        2. 2. Maria (Louisa of Spain, Kaiserin Des Heiligen) Römischen 1745–1792 m. Leopold (II Habsburg-Lorraine, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, Grand Duke of) Tuscany 1747–1792
        3. 3. Maria (Josefa Bourbon, Princess of) Spain 1744–1801
        4. 4. Charles (Carlos IV Bourbon, King of) Spain 1748–1819 m. Maria (Luisa Teresa Ana Bourbon-Parma, Queen of) Spain 1751–1819
        5. 5. Philip (Infante of Naples & Sicily, Duke of Calabria) Bourbon 1747–1777
      6. 6. Friedrich (Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver von Wettin, Kurfürsten (prince-elector) Von) Polen 1722–1763 m. Maria (Antonia Walpurgia von Bayern,) Princess 1724–1780
        1. 1. Friedrich (August I House of Wettin, Elector, then King of) Saxony 1750–1827 m. Maria (Amalie Auguste von Wittelsbach Pfalzgräfin von) Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler 1752–1828
        2. 2. Anton (Clemens I, von Wettin, King of) Saxony 1755–1836
        3. 3. Maximilian (Maria Joseph Wettin, German prince,) Oberster 1759–1838
        4. 4. Karl (Maximilian von) Sachsen 1752–1781
        5. 5. Maria (Amalia Anna von Sachsen, Duchess of) Zweibrücken 1757–1831 m. Karl (II August Christian Wittelbach, Duke of) Zweibrücken 1746–1795
      7. 7. Franz (Xaver Albert August Ludwig von Sachsen und) Polen 1730–1806
      8. 8. Elisabeth (von Sachsen und) Polen 1736–1818
  2. 2. John (George IV Elector of) Saxony 1668–1694

John Saxony's Timeline

2 Records

1647
20 Jun 1647
Birth of John George III Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
1691
12 Sep 1691
Age 44
Death of John George III Elector of Saxony in Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg
Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jun 1647
    Event Place: Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1691
    Event Place: Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find a Grave Index
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