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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 .
Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels Augustus (1656–80), son of Elector John George I of Saxony , also administrator of Magdeburg since 1638, Count of Barby from 1659 Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt
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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.
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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.
Augustus. Son of John George I of Saxe-Meissen. 1666. Following a legal wrangle which has lasted since 1659, Augustus gains the county of Barby (a little to the north of his own domains, on the banks of the Elbe). He had previously acted as regent for the young count there prior to the boy's untimely death.
"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."
