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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 ...
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Jul 21, 2020 · Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. In his will of 20 July 1652, Elector John George I ordered a division of the Albertine territories that was carried out on 22 April 1657 in Dresden. August inherited the towns of Weißenfels and Querfurt and became their first duke.
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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. Early life
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg (1614-1680) Upload media. Wikipedia. Name in native language. Date of birth. 13 August 1614. Dresden.
Barby is in turn willed by Augustus to his own son, Henry. Duke Augustus gained Saxe-Weissenfels during the division of territories between himself and his two brothers, founding a line which would endure until 1746. 1680. Upon the death of Augustus, Saxe-Weissenfels is either renamed Saxe-Querfurt until 1739 or the name is appended to the ...
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.
