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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: Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg

Father: Johann Sachsen

Mother: Magdalena Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Spouse(s): Anna Sophia

Children(s): John Saxony, Augustus Saxe-Wittenburg,

In 1647, John George III Elector of Saxony entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, born to Johann Georg II Elector von Sachsen and Magdalena von Brandenburg-Bayreuth. John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sophia, and had children including John George IV Elector of Saxony, Augustus II 'the Strong' Von Saxe-Wittenburg,. John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg.

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Biography

  • In 1647, John George III Elector of Saxony entered the world in Dresden, Stadt Dresden, Sachsen, Electorate of Saxony, born to Johann Georg II Elector von Sachsen and Magdalena von Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony married Anna Sophia, and had children including John George IV Elector of Saxony, Augustus II 'the Strong' Von Saxe-Wittenburg,.
  • John George III Elector of Saxony passed away in 1691 in Tubingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Duchy of Wurttemberg.

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

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

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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,
1585 – 1656
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland
Magdalena (Sybille van Brandenburg von) Hohenzollern,
1586 – 1659
Kaliningrad, Oost-Pruisen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Christian Saxony,
1560 – 1591
Sophie Brandenburg,
1568 – 1622
2nd-Great-Grandparents
August Sachsen-Meissen
1526 – 1586
Anna Denemarken
1532 – 1585
Johann Hohenzollern,
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 (1 Sep 1647 – 1 Jul 1717)
  1. 1. John (George IV Elector of) Saxony (18 Oct 1668 – 27 Apr 1694)
  2. 2. Augustus (II 'the Strong' Von) Saxe-Wittenburg, (12 May 1670 – 1 Feb 1733) m. Christiane (Eberhardine, Countess Von) Brandenburg-Bayreuth (19 Dec 1671 – 4 Sep 1727) m. Ursula (Katharina of) Altenbockum (25 Nov 1680 – 4 May 1743) m. Henriette Renárd ( – Unknown)
    1. 1. King (Auguste III, Von) Saxe-Wittenburg, (17 Oct 1696 – 5 Oct 1763) m. Maria (Josepha Benedikta Antonia Theresia von) Hapsburg, (8 Dec 1699 – 17 Nov 1757)
      1. 1. Friedrich (August Von) Saxe-Wittenberg (18 Nov 1720 – 22 Jan 1721)
      2. 2. Friedrich (Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver von) Wettin, (05 Sep 1722 – 17 Dec 1763) m. Maria (Antonia Walpurgia von) Bayern, (18 July 1724 – 23 Apr 1780)
        1. 1. Friedrich (August I House of) Wettin, (23 Dec 1750 – 5 May 1827) m. Maria (Amalie Auguste von) Wittelsbach (10 Mai 1752 – 15 Nov 1828)
        2. 2. Karl (Maximilian von) Sachsen (24 Sep 1752 – 8 Sep 1781)
        3. 3. Anton (Clemens I, von) Wettin, (27 Dec 1755 – 6 Jun 1836)
        4. 4. Maria (Amalia Anna von) Sachsen, (26 Sep 1757 – 28 Apr 1831) m. Karl (II August Christian) Wittelbach, (29 Oct 1746 – 11 Apr 1795)
        5. 5. Maximilian (Maria Joseph) Wettin, (13 Apr 1759 – 3 Jan 1838)
      3. 3. Maria (Amalia Flora Walburga) Wettin, (24 Nov 1724 – 27 Sep 1760) m. Carlos (Charles III Capet de) Bourbon, (20 Jan 1716 – 14 Dec 1788)
        1. 1. Maria (Josefa) Bourbon, (6 Jul 1744 – 8 Dec 1801)
        2. 2. Maria (Ludovika Bourbon of) Spain, (24 Nov 1745 – 15 May 1792) m. Leopold (II) Habsburg-Lorraine, (5 May 1747 – 1 Mar 1792)
        3. 3. Philip (Infante of Naples & Sicily, Duke of Calabria) Bourbon (13 Jun 1747 – 19 Sep 1777)
        4. 4. Charles (Carlos IV) Bourbon, (11 Nov 1748 – 19 Jan 1819) m. Maria (Luisa Teresa Ana) Bourbon-Parma, (9 Dec 1751 – 2 Jan 1819)
        5. 5. Ferdinand (IV Antonio Pascual of) Bourbon, (18 Jan 1751 – 4 Jan 1825) m. Maria (Carolina Louisa Josephe von) Hapsburg, (13 Aug 1752 – 8 Sep 1814)
      4. 4. Marie (Anna Von) Saxe-Wittenberg (29 Aug 1728 – 17 Feb 1797)
      5. 5. Franz (Xaver Albert August Ludwig von Sachsen und) Polen (25 Aug 1730 – 21 Jun 1806)
      6. 6. Marie (Josepha of) Saxony, (4 November 1731 – 13 Mar 1767) m. Louis (Ferdinand Bourbon) Capet, (4 Sep 1729 – 20 Dec 1765)
        1. 1. Louis ("Duc d'Burgundy") de-Capet (13 September, 1751 – 22 March, 1761)
        2. 2. Louis (Auguste XVI, House of) Bourbon, (23 Aug 1754 – 21 Jan 1793) m. Marie (Antoinette von) Habsburg-Lorraine, (2 Nov 1755 – 16 Oct 1793)
        3. 3. Louis (XVIII de) Capet, (17 November, 1755 – 16 September, 1824)
        4. 4. Charles (X Phillipe) Bourbon, (9 Oct 1757 – 6 Nov 1836) m. Maria (Theresia of) Savoy (31 January 1756 – 2 June 1805)
        5. 5. Marie (Clotilde "Queen of Sardinia") de-Capet (23 September, 1759 – 7 March, 1802)
        6. 6. Élisabeth (de) Capet, (3 May, 1764 – 10 May, 1794)
      7. 7. Karl (Christian Joseph Ignaz Eugen Franz Saxe-) Wittenburg (13 Jul 1733 – 16 Jun 1796)
      8. 8. Elisabeth (von Sachsen und) Polen (09 Feb 1736 – 24 Dec 1818)
    2. 2. Maurice (de) Saxe-Wittenburg (19 Oct 1696 – 30 Nov 1750)
    3. 3. Frederick (Augustus) Rutowsky, (19 Jun 1702 – 16 Mar 1764)
    4. 4. Johann (Georg Chevalier de) Saxe (21 Aug 1704 – 25 Feb 1774)
    5. 5. Anna (Karolina) Orzelska, (23 Nov 1707 – 27 Sep 1769) m. Karl (Ludwig Friedrich von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (18 Sep 1690 – 22 Sep 1774)
      1. 1. Karl (Friedrich von) Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (05 Jan 1732 – 21 Feb 1772)

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, 1600s-Current

    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, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Freiberg, Mittelsächsischer Landkreis, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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