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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 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 .
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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. Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz was a Teutonic Knight, the Primas of Hungary and finally a cardinal.
(February 2024) Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz died on 23 August 1725 in Regensburg. He is buried in the crypts of St. Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava the capital of present-day Slovakia. References. Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz, was a German prince of the House of Wettin.
The only rulers were Duke Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz and his son Duke Moritz Wilhelm of Saxe-Zeitz. This line was the first of the three Saxon secundogenitures to die out in 1718, when the only male heir, Prince Christian August, joined the clergy.
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Sep 28, 2021 · Mihalik, Béla Vilmos (2021) The King's Cousin, the Emperor's Bishop. Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz as Mediator between Poland and the Holy See. Eastern European History Review, 4. pp. 241-254.
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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...
Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz as Mediator between Poland and the Holy See). It is another text that highlights the problem of the personal interests of diplomats in carrying out their missions. In the case of Wettin, these were primarily the efforts to obtain the cardinal’s hat.
