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Family and children. John George was married twice. In addition to his successor John George II, he left three sons, Augustus (1614–1680), Christian (died 1691) and Maurice (died 1681). In Dresden on 16 September 1604 Johann Georg married firstly Sibylle Elisabeth, daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg. She died in the birth of their ...
- 23 June 1611 – 8 October 1656
- Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Jun 24, 2023 · According to his page at Genealolgics.org Johann Georg I, Kurfürst von Sachsen 1611-1656 : Genealogics Elector John George I (1585-1656) had four sons who survived him. If those sons didn't survive John George I, his brothers or their sons would be eligible to inherit.
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Mar 15, 2024 · Wettin dynasty. John George I of Saxony (born March 5, 1585, Dresden, Saxony—died Oct. 18, 1656, Dresden) was the elector of Saxony from 1611, and the “foremost Lutheran prince” of Germany, whose policies lost for Saxony opportunities for ascendancy and territorial expansion. The leader of the German Lutherans, for most of his life John ...
Oct 29, 2022 · Birthplace: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR) Death: October 08, 1656 (71) Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (Germany) Place of Burial: Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR) Immediate Family: Son of Christian I, Kurfürst von Sachsen and Sophie von Hohenzollern, Kurfürstin zu Sachsen.
- Dresden, Sachsen
- Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
- March 05, 1585
- Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
The obverse shows Johann's older brother, Frederick, while on the reverse, Johann is portrayed face to face with George, Duke of Saxony. Born in Meissen, John was the fifth of the seven children of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria. From 1486 onward he was the heir presumptive of his childless brother Frederick the Wise.
JOHN GEORGE I. (1585-1656), elector of Saxony, second son of the elector Christian I., was born on the 5th of March 1585, succeeding to the electorate in June 1611 on the death of his elder brother, Christian II.
John George died at Freiberg on the 22nd of August 1680. John George III. (1647–1691), elector of Saxony, the only son of John George II., was born on the 20th of June 1647. He forsook the vacillating foreign policy of his father and in June 1683 joined an alliance against France.
