August of Saxony (1589-1615)

August of Saxony (born September 7, 1589 in Dresden , † December 26, 1615 in Naumburg ) from the Albertine line of the Wettins was administrator of the diocese of Naumburg .

Life

August was the youngest son of Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie (1568–1622), daughter of Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg. His older brothers Christian II and Johann Georg I were successively Electors of Saxony . From the latter August received an annual pension of 21,000 guilders as well as the Senftenberg office .

He married on January 1, 1612 in Dresden Elisabeth (1593-1650), daughter of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . The marriage remained childless.

August studied at the University of Wittenberg , where Wolfgang Hirschbach was given the task of leading the young nobleman in his training. During this time he led the rectorate of the university from the winter semester 1601–1606 , the academic presence of the office led a vice rector. He died a sudden death in Dresden at the age of 26 and was buried in Freiberg Cathedral .

ancestors

Pedigree of August of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500) ⚭ 1464 Sidonia of Bohemia (1449–1510)	Duke Magnus II (1441–1503) ⚭ 1478 Sophie of Pomerania (1460–1504)	King Friedrich I (1471–1533) ⚭ 1502 Anna of Brandenburg (1487–1514)	Duke Magnus I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1470–1543) ⚭ 1509 Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1488–1563)	Elector Joachim I (1484–1535) ⚭ 1502 Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1485–1555)	Duke Georg of Saxony (1471–1539) ⚭ 1496 Barbara of Poland (1478–1534)	Margrave Friedrich II of Brandenburg (1460–1536) ⚭ 1479 Sofia Jagiellonka (1464–1512)	Charles I (1476–1536) ⚭ 1488 Anna von Sagan
Great grandparents	Duke Heinrich the Pious (1473–1541) ⚭ 1512 Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561)		King Christian III (1503–1559) ⚭ 1525 Dorothea von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1511–1571)		Elector Joachim II (1505–1571) ⚭ 1524 Magdalene of Saxony (1507–1534)		Duke Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543) ⚭ 1525 Hedwig von Münsterberg-Oels (1508–1531)
Grandparents	Elector August of Saxony (1526–1586) ⚭ 1548 Anna of Denmark (1532–1585)				Elector Johann Georg von Brandenburg (1525–1598) ⚭ 1548 Sabina von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1529–1575)
parents	Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) ⚭ 1582 Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622)
August of Saxony

literature

• KW Böttiger: History of the Electoral State and Kingdom of Saxony . 2nd volume. Hamburg 1831, p. 82 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Otto Stichart: The Kingdom of Saxony and its princes . Leipzig 1854, p. 192 ( digitized version ).
• August  19). In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 2 . Altenburg 1857, p. 21 ( zeno.org ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Christian of Saxony	Administrator of the diocese of Naumburg 1591–1615	---