August of Saxony

August of Saxony
August of Saxony
	Coat-of-arms of the House of Wettin, rulers in Saxony.
Born	7 September 1589; Dresden
Died	26 December 1615 (aged 26); Naumburg
Spouse	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
House	House of Wettin
Father	Christian I of Saxony
Mother	Sophie of Brandenburg

August of Saxony (7 September 1589, Dresden – 26 December 1615, Naumburg) from the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Administrator of the diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz.

Life

August was the youngest son of the elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622), daughter of the elector John George of Brandenburg. His older brothers Christian II and John George I were successively Electors of Saxony. From the latter August received an annual pension of 21,000 florins and the district of Senftenberg.

August graduated from the University of Wittenberg, where Wolfgang Hirschbach had been entrusted the task to guide this young nobleman in his training. During this period he held from the winter semester 1601 until 1606, the position of Rector Magnificus; the academic aspect of this office was performed by a pro-rector.

He married on 1 January 1612 in Dresden to Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1593–1650), daughter of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had no children.

He died suddenly at the age of 26 in Dresden and was buried in the Freiberg Cathedral.

Ancestors

Ancestors of August of Saxony

16. Albert III of Saxony

8. Henry IV of Saxony

17. Sidonie of Poděbrady

4. Augustus of Saxony

18. Magnus II of Mecklenburg

9. Catherine of Mecklenburg

19. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin

2. Christian I of Saxony

20. Frederick I of Denmark

10. Christian III of Denmark

21. Anna of Brandenburg

5. Anne of Denmark and Norway

22. Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg

11. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

1. August of Saxony

24. Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg

12. Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg

25. Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

6. John George of Brandenburg

26. George of Saxony

13. Magdalena of Saxony

27. Barbara Jagiellon

3. Sophie of Brandenburg

28. Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach

14. George of Brandenburg-Ansbach

29. Sophia Jagiellon

7. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach

30. Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels

15. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

31. Anna of Sagan

References

K. W. Böttiger (1831), History of the Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony, 2, Hamburg, p. 82
Franz Otto Stichart (1854), The Kingdom of Saxony and its princes, Leipzig, p. 192
Heinrich August Pierer, Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit, 4th edition, Volume 2, Altenburg, 1857, p. 21.

August of Saxony House of Wettin Born: 7 September 1589 Died: 26 December 1615
Preceded by Christian I of Saxony	Administrator of the diocese of Naumburg 1591–1615	---

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