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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 .
He built the new baroque castle at Barby from 1687. Augustus eldest son and successor Duke Johann Adolf I sold Burg to Brandenburg in 1687. George Frideric Handel's father Georg Händel from 1657 on served as a physician to Duke Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels, the composer himself was born in the former ducal residence of Halle. According to ...
Jul 21, 2020 · 2 Sources. Biography. 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 .
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- June 4, 1680
- August 13, 1614
August of Saxe-Weissenfels (3 December 1650 in Halle – 11 August 1674 in Halle), was a member of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. He was a titular Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels and a Provost of Magdeburg. He is sometimes called August the Younger, to distinguish him from his father.
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 .
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