Karl Maximilian of Saxony

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Schenau - The electoral family in 1772, 1st from left: Karl Maximilian

Karl Maximilian Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Franz Xaver January of Saxony (born September 24, 1752 in Dresden ; † September 8, 1781 ibid) was a prince from the Saxon ruling house of the Albertines , an Electorate of Saxony officer and head of the regiment .

Life

He was the third-born son of the Saxon Elector Friedrich Christian (1722–1763) and the Electress Maria Antonia (1724–1780). The later Saxon kings Friedrich August I (1750-1827) and Anton (1755-1836) were his brothers.

Although Prince Karl Maximilian shared his father's foot problems, he became an officer. 1755, at the age of three years, he took over formally as regimental commander, the infantry regiment no. 7 under actual leadership of Colonel Georg Carl von Klingenberg that after the surrender at Pirna in the Seven Years' War under General Field Marshal Friedrich Karl Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern as Infantry Regiment S 57 was incorporated into the Prussian Army . The newly established Infantry Regiment No. 6 in Saxony was reassigned to Prince Karl Maximilian in 1758, at the age of six. The nominal subordination of regiments to underage princes was a common practice during the early modern period and was intended to instruct them as early as possible in the art of war and prepare them for later higher military positions.

Karl died in September 1781, two weeks before his 29th birthday. The funeral speech in the Catholic Court Church was held by the electoral court preacher Matthias Becker, who had already done this for Karl's mother Maria Antonia the year before. Karl Maximilian was buried in the Great Crypt of the Court Church.

ancestors

Pedigree of Karl Maximilian of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents

Elector
Johann Georg III. (1647–1691)
⚭ 1666
Anna Sophie of Denmark and Norway (1647–1717)

Margrave
Christian Ernst of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644–1712)
⚭ 1671
Sophie Luise of Württemberg (1642–1702)

Emperor
Leopold I (1640–1705)
⚭ 1676
Eleonore Magdalene von der Pfalz (1655–1720)

Duke
Johann Friedrich von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1625–1679)
⚭ 1668
Benedicta Henriette von der Pfalz (1652–1730)

Elector
Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria (1636–1679)
⚭ 1652
Henriette Adelheid of Savoy (1636–1679)

King
John III Sobieski (1629–1696)
⚭ 1665
Maria Kazimiera Sobieska (1641–1716)

Emperor
Leopold I (1640–1705)
⚭ 1676
Eleonore Magdalene von der Pfalz (1655–1720)

Duke
Johann Friedrich von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1625–1679)
⚭ 1668
Benedicta Henriette von der Pfalz (1652–1730)

Great grandparents

King August II (1670–1733)
⚭ 1693
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671–1727)

Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711)
⚭ 1699
Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1673–1742)

Elector Maximilian II. Emanuel (1662–1726)
⚭ 1695
Therese Kunigunde of Poland (1676–1730)

Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711)
⚭ 1699
Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1673–1742)

Grandparents

King August III. (1696–1763)
⚭ 1719
Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757)

Emperor Charles VII (1697–1745)
⚭ 1722
Maria Amalia of Austria (1701–1756)

parents

Elector Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722–1763)
⚭ 1747
Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724–1780)

Karl Maximilian

literature

  • Matthias Becker: Funeral speech for the most noble prince and lord, Mr. Karl Maximilian, princes and dukes of Saxony ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Georg Hassel : General European State and Address Book for 1816. Volume 1, Weimar 1817, p. 130
  2. ^ Rainer Rückert: Biographical Data of the Meissen Manufacturers of the 18th Century , 1990, p. 278
  3. ^ New genealogical-historical news , Volume 45, 1755, p. 825f Appointment as head of IR 7, the commanding officer was Colonel Baron Georg Carl von Klingenberg