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	JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		(1668-1694), elector of Saxony, was born on the i8th of October 1668.
		Although John George was unable to procure his minister's release, Leopold managed to allay the elector's anger, and early in 1693 the Saxon soldiers rejoined the imperialists.
		JOHN1 MAURICE OF NASSAU (1604-1679), surnamed the Brazilian, was the son of John the Younger, count of Nassau-Siegen-Dillenburg, and the grandson of John, the elder brother of William the Silent and the chief author of the Union of Utrecht.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_GEORGE_III_OF_SAXONY.htm (2625 words)

	JOHN GEORGE II. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN GEORGE II. OF SAXONY
		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.
		Gradually, however, he was made uneasy by the obvious trend of the imperial policy towards the annihilation of Protestantism, and by a dread lest the ecclesiastical lands should be taken from him; and the issue of the edict of restitution in March 1629 put the coping-stone to his fears.
		However, for the present the efforts of Gustavus Adolphus prevented the elector from deserting him, but the position was changed by the death of the king at Liitzen in 1632, and the refusal of Saxony to join the Protestant league under Swedish leadership.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_GEORGE_II_OF_SAXONY.htm (1307 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg171 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Margarethe, Princess Of SAXONY was born in 1444 in Of Meissen, Drsdn, Sxny.
		Hedwig, Princess Of SAXONY was born on 31 Oct 1445 in Of Meissen, Drsdn, Sxny.
		John OF SAXONY was born in 1801 in Saxony, Germany.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg171.htm (1086 words)

	John George II, Elector of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John George II (31 May 1613 - 22 August 1680) was elector of Saxony, succeeding his father John George I in October 1656.
		He adorned Dresden, which under him became the musical centre of Germany; welcoming foreign musicians and others he gathered around him a large and splendid court, and his capital was the constant scene of musical and other festivals.
		John George died at Freiberg in 1680, and was succeeded by his son, John George III.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_George_II,_Elector_of_Saxony (234 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony
		The electoral dignity had connected with it the obligation of primogeniture, that is, only the eldest son could succeed as ruler; this excluded the division of the territory among several heirs and consequently the disintegration of the country.
		John Frederick was defeated and captured by Charles V at the Battle of Mühlberg on the Elbe, 24 April, 1547.
		Elector Frederick Augustus III (1763-1827) received the title of King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. The new kingdom was an ally of France in all the Napoleonic wars of the years 1807-13.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13497b.htm (7923 words)

	Saxony Rulers, Dresden, Germany - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Saxony emerges as one of the more powerful stem duchies in East Francia (kings of Germany), once the formal split is made between East and West Franks.
		Saxony is divided between Saxe-Lauenberg (in the west) and Saxe-Wittenberg (in the east).
		The electorate is elevated to a kingdom by Napoleon Bonaparte on 11th December.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /dresden_saxony_rulers.htm (604 words)

	saxony
		Son of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony; on death of father (1464) succeeded to rule jointly with elder brother Ernest; on division of duchy (1485) received eastern and western portions; governor of Netherlands for Holy Roman emperors (1488-93); governor of Friesland (1498-1500).
		Augustus II (1670-1733) `the Strong´ Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and King of Poland (1697-1733).
		Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733).
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/saxony.htm (1914 words)

	Augustus II
		Augustus II, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, second son of John George III, elector of Saxony, was born at Dresden on the 12th of May 1670.
		When John Sobieski died in 1696, Augustus was a candidate for the Polish throne, and in order to further his chances became a Roman Catholic, a step which was strongly resented in Saxony.
		The alliance with Russia was renewed and in reply Charles invaded Saxony in 1706, and compelled the elector to sign the treaty of Altranstadt in September of that year, to recognize Stanislaus Leszczynski as his successor in Poland, and to abandon the Russian alliance.
	www.nndb.com /people/606/000097315 (556 words)

	boys clothing: German royalty--Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Saxony in 1485 the land was divided between the brothers Albert and Ernst.
		In 1697 Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, was crowned King of Poland.
		John acceded in 1854 and was kaised from a duke to a king.
	histclo.hispeed.com /royal/gers/royal-sax.htm (849 words)

	Wikipedia: 1757
		March 14 - On-board the ''HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
		Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
		Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/17/1757.html (246 words)

	Courtly Lives - Augustus II Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
		When Augustus II died, in 1733, Stanislaw Leszczynski (1677-1766) was re-elected King of Poland (1733-1736) with the support of France, while Russia and Austria favored Augustus III, son of Augustus II.
		However, Georg died of smallpox in 1694, and Augustus was made the prince-elector of Saxony, in the same year.
		After the death, in 1696, of John III Sobieski, the King of Poland (Augustus) was separated by a wide strip of Austrian and Prussian territory.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/AugustII.html (1177 words)

	The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Christian Cyclopedia
		Elector 1598–1608; son of John* George, elector of Brandenburg; bp.
		John Frederick reconquered most of his land, repelling Maurice, but was defeated and captured by imperial forces at Mühlberg April 24, 1547.
		Elector of Saxony of the Albertine line 1611–56; son of Christian* I; b.
	www.lcms.org /ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=J&t2=o (2316 words)

	Germany, the Stem Duchies & Marches
		Saxony was reduced to parity with Württemberg as one the smallest of the five Kingdoms of Germany.
		In 1423, the Wettins became the Dukes of Saxony -- the opposite of the dynamic in 909.
		A younger son of Christian IX of Denmark became King of Greece as George I. King George's grandson is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort of the Queen Elizabeth II of England.
	www.friesian.com /germany.htm (10191 words)

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		Brandenburg, Saxony, and the Palatinate, opposed three Protestant to three Ecclesiastical votes in the Electoral College; while to the Elector of Bohemia, as to the Archduke of Austria, the possession of the Imperial dignity was an important check, if the Protestants properly availed themselves of it.
		The Elector of Saxony was placed at the head of the German Protestants, by the services of his ancestor Maurice, by the extent of his territories, and by the influence of his electoral vote.
		The government was intrusted to the Council of State, and the finances to the Palatine John Casimir, the brother-in-law of the King, while his wife, tenderly as he was attached to her, was excluded from all share in the government, for which her limited talents incapacitated her.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/fs11w10.txt (21873 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Saxony, 1618-1648
		So Lutheran Electoral Saxony was a reliable ally of the Habsburgs; in 1619 Duke-Elector John George I. (in an electoral council where the protestants, for the first time, held a majority) cast his vote for the Habsburg candidate, Ferdinand II.
		Electoral Saxony had to regard this as a threat, although Emperor Ferdinand, in the moment, did not intend to enforce the edict against his hitherto loyal ally.
		The Swedish troops pressed on Saxony to sign a treaty of alliance (signed Sept. 11th 1631); Saxony was most attractive to the Swwedes, as the rich country hitherto had escaped the war and therefore was most suited to feed the Swedish army (in the 30 Years War, the armies lived off the land they occupied).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/saxony16181648.html (595 words)

	John George. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He backed (1620) Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II against Protestant rebels in Bohemia under Frederick the Winter King, and in return was promised Lusatia.
		John George joined the Swedes against the emperor, and the Saxon army invaded Bohemia.
		In 1635, John George deserted the Swedish alliance and concluded the Peace of Prague with Ferdinand II, which confirmed his possession of Lusatia.
	www.bartleby.com /65/jo/JohnGeor.html (237 words)

	Augustus, II Biography / Biography of Augustus, II Biography
		Augustus II (1670-1733), called Augustus the Strong, was elector of Saxony and king of Poland.
		On May 12, 1670, Augustus was born Frederick August of Wettin, in Dresden, the second son of the Saxon elector John George III.
		In September 1706, after occupying Poland and invading Saxony, Charles XII forced Augustus to renounce the Polish crown and recognize Stanislas in the Treaty of Altranstädt.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-augustus-ii (548 words)

	MJH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John George claimed that the Emperor was merely acting under the principle of cuius regio, as established in the Peace of Augsbur, in regulating the confession of his own domains in Bohemia.
		Under this belief, John George had persuaded the northern princes that Protestants should support the Catholic League in a campaign for peace and obedience to the constitution within the Empire.
		In this respect the Saxon Elector had essentially shifted the focus of the conflict away from religion by preying on the xenophobia of the German Protestants and justifying Ferdinand’s attacks upon Frederick through legal precedent.
	www.umich.edu /~historyj/papers/fall2001/weyhing2.html (2011 words)

	Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of the descendants of Elizabeth Stuart was Princess Sophia, the wife of the Elector of Hanover.
		George did not divorce her, but he had her imprisoned in her castle at Celle until she died in 1726.
		George, reportedly, had a seizure reading this vitriolic message from the dead, and was paralyzed as a result until he died.
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	Wikipedia: 1747
		October 10 - John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c.
		Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
		Kingdom of Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/1/17/1747.html (343 words)

	John George II, Elector of Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) began as the rebellion of the independent Protestant states of John George I (1611-1656), Elector of Saxony; Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden (1611-1632); and Frederick William of Brandenburg (1640-1688) against the attempted imposition of Roman Catholicism by the Habsburg Ferdinand II, Holy Roman emperor (1619-37).
		Nine years after the Treaty of Westphalia, John George II (1657-1680) ascended the throne as Elector of Saxony.
		This letter is written by John George II, Elector if Saxony, to his "best and most highly learned" chancellors and advisors in Dresden concerning a rental contract they were negotiating with Count Franz Mansfeld and refers to the advisors' letter of July 11, 1670.
	www.pitts.emory.edu /Archives/text/mss025.html (276 words)

	Order of the Garter
		George's Chapel in Windsor Castle has been the home of the Most Holy Order of the Garter since King Edward III of England founded the Order in 1348 as "a society, fellowship and college of knights." It is now the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the British honours system.
		John Beaufort, 3rd Earl of Somerset, afterwards 1st Duke of Somerset (1439), the grandfather of King Henry VII (1439)
		Electoral Prince George Augustus of Hanover, Duke of Cambridge (1710)
	www.fastload.org /or/Order_of_the_Garter.html (3162 words)

	The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
		It may have been Philip II who issued the first decree for "these realms of Spain." As it happens, this was issued from Lisbon after Philip claimed the Throne of Portugal in 1580 and occupied the Kingdom.
		Thus, Sancho II of Navarre (970-994) is different from Sancho II of Aragón (1063-1094), Sancho II of Castile (1065-1072), and Sancho II of Portugal (1223-1245); but Alfonso IX of León (1188-1230) is numbered in succession to Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158-1214).
		Teobaldo II The marriage of Blanca of Navarre to Theobald of Champagne means that for a while the Counts of Champagne become the Kings of Navarre.
	www.friesian.com /perifran.htm (11188 words)

	Lusatia
		After World War II the Lusatian Wends (or Sorbs, as they are also called) sought unsuccessfully to obtain national recognition.
		Mieszko II - Mieszko II or Mieczyslaw II,990–1034, king of Poland (1025–34), son and successor of...
		John George - John George, 1585–1656, elector of Saxony (1611–56).
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0830646.html (266 words)

	The Albertine branch
		The brother of George was Protestant contrary to this.
		He fought for Charles in the Schmalkaldic War and after the battle of Mühlberg (1547) received the lands and title of his cousin, Elector John Frederick I of Saxony, ruler of the Ernestine portion of Saxony.
		He forced Charles to free John Frederick I of Saxony and Philip of Hesse and to conclude (1552) the Treaty of Passau.
	www.die-sachsen-kommen.de /en/alberten.htm (716 words)

	JOACHIM II - Online Information article about JOACHIM II
		Schmalkalden in 1546 the elector at first remained neutral; but he afterwards sent some troops to serve under the emperor.
		free entrance to the reformed teaching in the electorate.
		Kopenick on the 3rd of January 1571, and was succeeded by his son, John George.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JOACHIM_II.html (936 words)

	List of state leaders in 1746 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Saxony - Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1733-1763)
		Trier - Franz Georg von Schönborn-Buchheim, Archbishop-Elector of Trier (1729-1756)
		Montenegro - Sava II Petrovic-Njegos, Bishop and Governor of Montenegro (1735-1781)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-state-leaders-in-1746.htm (682 words)

	CalendarHome.com - August 22 - Calendar Encyclopedia
		1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards and four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks and 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France.
		1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b.
		1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /August_22.htm (1083 words)

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