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Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (9 October 1666 in Moritzburg – 23 August 1725 in Regensburg ), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. He was also a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. [1] Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz was a Teutonic Knight, the Primas of Hungary and finally a cardinal. [2] On 22 May 1712 he crowned Charles VI, Holy ...
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Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, was a German prince of the House of Wettin.
The death of his brother Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, on 15 November 1718 without surviving male issue, made him heir to the duchy of Saxe-Zeitz, but because he took the monastic vows (and the next in line to the inheritance, Christian August's nephew Maurice Adolf, was also a priest), Zeitz was merged into the Electorate of Saxony in ...
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (b. Moritzburg, 9 October 1666 - d. Regensburg, 23 August 1725), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. He was the third (but second surviving) son of Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz, and his second wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Weimar. A Teutonic Knight, he converted to Catholicism in 1696 and became Provost of Köln (1696-1725), Bishop of Raab (1696-1725) and ...
Saxe-Zeitz. The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz ( German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Zeitz) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1656–57 as a secundogeniture of the Electoral Saxon house of House of Wettin. Its capital was Zeitz. The territory fell back to the Wettin electoral line in 1718.
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- Early modern Europe
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz was a Teutonic Knight, the Primas of Hungary and finally a cardinal. On 22 May 1712 he crowned Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor as the King of Hungary and on 18 October 1714 also his wife Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in St. Martin's Cathedral."
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz (Q65772) ... Christian August Saxe-Zeitz.jpg 500 × 727; 261 KB. ... date of death. 23 August 1725 Gregorian.
