Johann Georg of Saxony (1869–1938)
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Prince Johann Georg, Duke of Saxony (born July 10, 1869 in Dresden ; † November 24, 1938 at Altshausen Castle / Württemberg) was the brother of the last King Friedrich August of Saxony and a recognized art expert and passionate collector .
Life
Johann Georg was the sixth of eight children - the second son - of King George of Saxony and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal . The prince grew up in Dresden and received a strictly Catholic upbringing.
After the prince had initially been taught by private tutors, military training followed from 1881. In 1888 he passed the Abitur. In 1889/90 he studied political science and law together with his one year younger brother Maximilian in Freiburg im Breisgau . After moving to the University of Leipzig , Johann Georg mainly attended lectures on history and art history . He then completed a military career in the Saxon Army , which he finished in 1907 as a general of the infantry . He was chief of the 8th Infantry Regiment No. 107 . In 1909 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig. From 1893 he was a member of the First Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament as a representative of the Saxon royal family .
He died while visiting relatives at Altshausen Castle and was buried in the New Crypt of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden. A memorial cross commemorates him in the Old Catholic Cemetery on Friedrichstrasse in Dresden.
Marriages
In April 1894 Johann Georg married in Stuttgart , the 22-year-old Princess Maria Isabella of Wurttemberg (1871-1904), daughter of Duke Philip of Württemberg and Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria . In 1904 Maria Isabella died in Dresden.
In 1906 he married his second wife, Princess Maria Immacolata Cristina Pia Isabella of Bourbon-Sicily (1874-1947), daughter of Alfons Maria, Count of Caserta and Princess Maria Antonia of Naples-Sicily, in Cannes . Both marriages remained childless.
Johann Georg had an illegitimate son: Johann Wilhelm (fallen 1927–1945).
Residences
Since 1902, lived Johann Georg on the about 30 km from Dresden high above the Müglitz located Weesenstein . In 1917 Johann Georg sold Weesenstein Castle and moved his residence to Freiburg im Breisgau until the end of his life , where he lived in the Villa Tannenhof at 6 Mercystraße. The house now belongs to the Loretto Hospital .
to travel
The prince undertook a large number of trips, on which he devoted himself above all to the development of the cultural heritage of the countries he visited and added to his various collections. He traveled to Russia several times , toured the Mediterranean countries , Asia Minor and the Orient. He was particularly interested in Christian art and the churches of the countries he visited.
Art collections
His collections were Aegyptiaca , including Uschebtifiguren , mummy cardboard and mummy portraits , as well as terracotta , black and redfigure painted vases from Greece and grave reliefs from Palmyra and Coptic textiles, precious glasses and art of antiquity . Coptic sculptures , incense vessels , Menas ampoules , bread stamps , lamps, crosses, silver and bronze rituals from Orthodox churches and icons date from the late antique, Byzantine and early Islamic periods . He created an extensive archive of photos from his travels.
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate acquired the collection in 1949/50 and left it to the Art History Institute of the University of Mainz . The collection has been on permanent loan in the Landesmuseum Mainz since 1981 .
Memberships
Until 1918 Johann Georg was an active member in various associations. Among other things, he was a member of the Görres Society , protector of the German Dante Society , which was re-established in 1914, and was active in the Saxon Antiquities Association until 1918 .
Writing work
He wrote a number of essays and wrote a biography of his uncle, King Albert of Saxony .
Awards
- In 1892 he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown .
ancestors
literature
- The Prince Johann Georg Collection of the Art History Institute of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Permanent loan in the Middle Rhine State Museum in Mainz. Mainz 1981.
- Dorothee Renner: The textiles in the collection of Prince Johann Georg of Saxony. Wiesbaden, Steiner 1982 (Treatises of the humanities and social sciences class. Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, year 1982, 2).
- Collector pilgrim pioneer. The collection of Prince Johann Georg of Saxony. Catalog for the exhibition , published by the Landesmuseum Mainz and the Christian Archeology and Byzantine Art History department at the Institute for Art History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, edited by Birgit Heide, Andreas Thiel, Zabern, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-8053-3447-8 .
- State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony / Weesenstein Castle: A prince in the Orient. Johann Georg von Sachsen as a traveler, collector and castle owner , Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2017, ISBN 978-3-95498-307-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Georg von Sachsen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Freiburg personalities: Prince Johann Georg of Saxony
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Gudrun Schlechte: The crypt of the Saxon royal house Wettin in the cathedral Sankt Trinitatis - Hofkirche zu Dresden. Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2004, p. 41 f.
- ↑ Manfred Gallo: The villa "Tannenhof" in the Wiehre was once a noble domicile. Badische Zeitung, August 3, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Chronicle of the DDG ( Memento from December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Württemberg. 1907. p. 30.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saxony, Johann Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saxony, Johann Georg Prince of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1938 |
| Place of death | Altshausen near Ravensburg |