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Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz. Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin . Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia .
- 28 March 1619, Dresden
- John George I, Elector of Saxony
- 4 December 1681 (aged 62), Zeitz
- Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz. Mother. Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar. Moritz Wilhelm (English: Maurice William; 12 March 1664 [1] – 15 November 1718 [2] ), a member of the Saxon House of Wettin, was the second and last Duke of Saxe-Zeitz from 1681 until his death.
Duke Maurice William is the last of his particular line, barring two daughters who are ineligible to succeed him. Instead, for the first time since 1656, his title passes back into the hands of the senior branch, Saxe-Meissen and Elector Frederick Augustus I.
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin. Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia .
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619-1681) "Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin. Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia."
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz was born on month day 1619, in birth place, to John George I, Elector of Saxony and Magdalene Sibylle Saxony (born Hohenzollen of Prussia). John was born on March 5 1585, in Dresden.
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin. Born in Dresden , he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony , and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia .