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| King of Saxony | |||||
| Reign | 19 June 1902 – 15 October 1904 | ||||
| Predecessor | Albert | ||||
| Successor | Frederick Augustus III | ||||
| Born | (1832-08-08)8 August 1832 Dresden | ||||
| Died | 15 October 1904(1904-10-15) (aged 72) Pillnitz | ||||
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| House | Wettin(Albertine line) | ||||
| Father | John, King of Saxony | ||||
| Mother | Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
George (German:Georg; 8 August 1832 – 15 October 1904) was king ofSaxony and member of theHouse of Wettin.
George was born in the Saxon capitalDresden. He was the second son of KingJohn of Saxony (1801–1873) and his wife,Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801–1877), daughter of KingMaximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756–1825).
On 11 May 1859 atBelém Palace,Lisbon, George married,Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, eldest surviving daughter ofQueen Maria II of Portugal and her consort,Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and the younger sister ofKing Pedro V of Portugal. Maria Anna died young and George stayed unmarried for the rest of his long life.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Marie Johanna Amalie Ferdinande Antonie Luise Juliane | 19 June 1860 | 2 March 1861(1861-03-02) (aged 0) | died in childhood, no issue |
| Elisabeth Albertine Karoline Sidonie Ferdinande Leopoldine Antonie Auguste Clementine | 14 February 1862 | 18 May 1863(1863-05-18) (aged 1) | died in childhood, no issue |
| Mathilde Marie Auguste Viktorie Leopoldine Karoline Luise Franziska Josepha | 19 March 1863 | 27 March 1933(1933-03-27) (aged 70) | died unmarried, no issue |
| Frederick Augustus Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp | 25 May 1865 | 18 February 1932(1932-02-18) (aged 66) | marriedArchduchess Louise of Austria (1870–1947), had issue |
| Maria Josepha Luise Philippine Elisabeth Pia Angelica Margarethe | 31 May 1867 | 28 May 1944(1944-05-28) (aged 76) | married to her second cousinArchduke Otto Franz of Austria (1865–1906), had issue |
| Johann Georg Pius Karl Leopold Maria Januarius Anacletus | 10 July 1869 | 24 November 1938(1938-11-24) (aged 69) | married firstDuchess Maria Isabella of Württemberg (1871–1904) and secondPrincess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1874–1906) |
| Maximilian Wilhelm August Albert Karl Gregor Odo | 17 November 1870 | 12 January 1951(1951-01-12) (aged 80) | ordained as a Roman Catholic priest |
| Albert Karl Anton Ludwig Wilhelm Viktor | 25 February 1875 | 16 September 1900(1900-09-16) (aged 25) | died unmarried, no issue, the result of injuries sustained in a carriage crash caused byPrince Miguel of Braganza |
George served under his brother Albert's command during theAustro-Prussian War of 1866 and in theFranco-German War. In the re-organisation of the army which accompanied the march towardsParis, his brother the Crown Prince gained a separate command over the 4th army (Army of the Meuse) consisting of the Saxon XII corps, the Prussian Guard corps, and the IV (Prussian Saxony) corps and George succeeded him in command of the XII corps.
Prince George was aGeneralfeldmarschall before his ascension. It gradually became clear that George's elder brother,Albert (1828–1902), and his wife,Queen Carola (1833–1907), would not have any children, thereby making George theheir presumptive to the throne. He succeeded Albert as King of Saxony on 19 June 1902, albeit for just a brief two-year reign. On 15 October 1904 he died inPillnitz and was succeeded by his eldest son,Frederick Augustus III (1865–1932), who was deposed in 1918.
King George was a controversial figure. He divorced by royal decree his eldest son from his daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Luise. Luise's flight from Dresden was due to her father-in-law's threatening to have her interned in a mental asylum at theSonnenstein Castle for life.
Kingdom of Saxony:[1]
Kingdom of Prussia:
Austrian Empire:[4]
Grand Duchy of Hesse:[5]
Kingdom of Hanover: Grand Cross of theRoyal Guelphic Order,1851[6]
Russian Empire:
Kingdom of Bavaria:Knight of St. Hubert,1853[8][9]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order,1854[10]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of theOrder of Leopold,8 August 1855[11]
Hesse-Kassel:Knight of the Golden Lion,27 September 1857[12]
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach:Grand Cross of the White Falcon,28 September 1857[13]
Brunswick:Grand Cross of Henry the Lion,1857[14]
Baden:[15]
Nassau:Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau,November 1865[16]
Württemberg:[17]
Oldenburg:Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown,29 April 1876[18]
Siam: Knight of theOrder of the Royal House of Chakri,24 August 1897[19]
Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Chrysanthemum,31 January 1903[20]
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George, King of Saxony Born: 8 August 1832 Died: 15 October 1904 | ||
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