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Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels (13 August 1614 in Dresden – 4 June 1680 in Halle), was a Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. He was the fourth (but second surviving) son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife, Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia.
Saxe-Weissenfels ( German: Sachsen-Weißenfels) was a Duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the line.
Jul 21, 2020 · Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels was a Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt, and administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. Origins. He was born at Dresden on 13 August 1614, the fourth (but second surviving) son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife, Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia . Administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 November 1649, in Halle – 24 May 1697, in Weissenfels), was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin. He was the first son of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , and his first wife, Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
"Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels (Dresden, 13 August 1614 – 4 June 1680, Halle), was a Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. He was the fourth (but second surviving) son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife, Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia."
Jun 10, 2024 · Charles Augustus (born September 3, 1757, Weimar, Eisenach—died June 14, 1828, Schloss Graditz, near Torgau, Weimar) was the Grossherzog (grand duke) of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, an enlightened ruler, and patron of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Before that, though, Duke Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels held the towns of Weißenfels on the banks of the River Saale in today's Saxony-Anhalt region of eastern-central Germany, and nearby Querfurt on the River Querne (the upper section of the Salza which itself is a tributary of the Saale).
