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Biography of John George Wettin Elector Saxony 1585-1656

Paternal Family Tree: Wettin

On 5th March 1585 John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony (age 24).

On 25th September 1591 [his father] Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony (age 30) died. His son John (age 6) succeeded Elector Saxony.

On 22nd November 1610 [his daughter] Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp was born to John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 25).

On 31st May 1613 [his son] John George Wettin Elector Saxony was born to John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 28).

On 13th August 1614 [his son] Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels was born to John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 29).

On 21st February 1630 [his son-in-law] Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp (age 32) and [his daughter] Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp (age 19) were married. She the daughter of John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 44).

On 23rd November 1647 [his son] Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels (age 33) and [his daughter-in-law] Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (age 20) were married. He the son of John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 62). They were third cousin once removed.

On 8th October 1656 John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 71) died. His son [his son] John (age 43) succeeded Elector Saxony.

Royal Ancestors of John George Wettin Elector Saxony 1585-1656

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of John George Wettin Elector Saxony 1585-1656

John George Wettin Elector Saxony

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Adolph Frederick King Sweden

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of John George Wettin Elector Saxony 1585-1656

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony

Father: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian I King Denmark

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William III Duke of Luxemburg 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Thuringia 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Habsburg 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Anna Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

John George Wettin Elector Saxony 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England