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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. John George I (5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years' War, which dominated his 45-year reign.
IOH GEORG IV D G DVX SAX I C M A & W EPH. Translation: Johan George IV, by the Grace of God, Duke of Saxony, of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, of Angria and Westphalia . Engraver: Ernst Peter Hecht . Reverse. Value in letters and date in an inner circle, legend around for "Sacri Romani Imperii Archimarescalus et Elector". Script: Latin . Lettering: *12 ...
Electorate of Saxony (Albertinian Line) (German States) Prince elector. John George IV (Johann Georg IV.) (1691-1694) Type. Standard circulation coin. Years. 1691-1693. Value. 1 Groschen = 1⁄24 Thaler.
Schmalkaldic League. John (born June 30, 1468, Meissen, near Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 16, 1532, Schweinitz, near Wittenberg, Wittenberg) was an elector of Saxony and a fervent supporter of Martin Luther; he took a leading part in forming alliances among Germany’s Protestant princes against the Habsburg emperors’ attempts at forced ...
John George III, Elector of Saxony (suspected) Mother. Ursula Margarethe of Haugwitz. Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschütz (8 February 1675 – 14 April 1694), later Countess of Rochlitz, was a German noblewoman and the mistress of John George IV, Elector of Saxony. She was the first ever Official Mistress ( Favoritin) of an Elector of Saxony.
Title: John George III 1647-91, Elector of Saxony 1680-91. Artist: Martin Heinrich Omeis (German, Nuremberg 1650–1703 Dresden) Date: 1691. Culture: German, Dresden. Medium: Silver. Dimensions: Diameter (Confirmed): 1 5/16 × 1/8 in. (33.1 × 3.5 mm) Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Accession Number: 2023.569.117
Augustus II. Augustus II, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, second son of John George III, elector of Saxony, was born at Dresden on the 12th of May 1670. He was well educated, spent some years in travel and in fighting against France, and on account of his immense strength was known as "the Strong."
- May 12, 1670
- February 1, 1733
