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Biography of John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 1647-1691

Paternal Family Tree: Wettin

1670 Frederick III King Denmark Dies Christian V King Denmark Succeeds

1683 Marriage of Lady Anne and Prince George

On 20th June 1647 John George Wettin III Elector Saxony was born to John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 34).

On 9th October 1666 John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 19) and Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Frederick III King Denmark (age 57) and Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 38). He the son of John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 53). They were third cousin once removed.

On 15th June 1667 [his brother-in-law] Christian V King Denmark and Norway (age 21) and Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Wilhelm "The Just" VI Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia Hohenzollern (age 43). He the son of [his father-in-law] Frederick III King Denmark (age 58) and [his mother-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 39). They were fourth cousins.

On 18th October 1668 [his son] John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony was born to John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 21) and [his wife] Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 21) at Dresden.

Frederick III King Denmark Dies Christian V King Denmark Succeeds

On 9th February 1670 [his father-in-law] Frederick III King Denmark (age 60) died. His son [his brother-in-law] Christian (age 23) succeeded V King Denmark and Norway. Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark and Norway.

On 12th May 1670 [his son] Frederick Augutus Elector Saxony King of Poland was born to John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 22) and [his wife] Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 22) at Dresden.

On 22nd August 1680 [his father] John George Wettin Elector Saxony (age 67) died. His son John (age 33) succeeded Elector Saxony.

Marriage of Lady Anne and Prince George

On 28th July 1683 [his brother-in-law] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 30) and Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 18) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 49) and Anne Hyde Duchess of York. He the son of [his father-in-law] Frederick III King Denmark and [his mother-in-law] Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 55). They were second cousin once removed.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 1st January 1684 [his brother-in-law] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 30) was appointed 487th Knight of the Garter by King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 53).

In 1689 [his brother-in-law] Prince George of Denmark 1st Duke Cumberland (age 35) was created 1st Duke Cumberland by his father-in-law King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 55). Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland (age 23) by marriage Duchess Cumberland.

On 12th September 1691 John George Wettin III Elector Saxony (age 44) died. His son [his son] John (age 22) succeeded IV Elector Saxony.

On 1st July 1717 [his former wife] Anna Sophie Oldenburg (age 69) died.

Royal Ancestors of John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 1647-1691

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 16 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 19 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 1647-1691

John George Wettin IV Elector Saxony

Charles IV King Spain

Louis XVI King France

Louis XVIII King France

King Charles X of France

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Ancestors of John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 1647-1691

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Augustus Wettin Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Frederick I of Denmark

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian III King Denmark 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna of Brandenburg 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Oldenburg 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

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

Father: John George Wettin Elector Saxony 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John George Wettin III Elector Saxony 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England