August of Saxony

August of Saxony (7 September 1589, Dresden – 26 December 1615, Naumburg) from the Albertine line of the House of Wettin was Administrator of the diocese of Naumburg-Zeitz.

August of Saxony
Coat-of-arms of the House of Wettin, rulers in Saxony.
Born	(1589-09-07)7 September 1589 Dresden
Died	26 December 1615(1615-12-26) (aged 26) Naumburg
Spouse	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
House	House of Wettin
Father	Christian I of Saxony
Mother	Sophie of Brandenburg

Life

August was the youngest son of the elector Christian I of Saxony (1560–1591) from his marriage to Sophie of Brandenburg (1568–1622), daughter of the elector John George of Brandenburg. His older brothers Christian II and John George I were successively Electors of Saxony. From the latter August received an annual pension of 21,000 florins and the district of Senftenberg.

August graduated from the University of Wittenberg, where Wolfgang Hirschbach had been entrusted the task to guide this young nobleman in his training. During this period he held from the winter semester 1601 until 1606, the position of Rector Magnificus; the academic aspect of this office was performed by a pro-rector.

He married on 1 January 1612 in Dresden to Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1593–1650), daughter of the Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had no children, as Elisabeth repeatedly miscarried.

He died suddenly at the age of 26 in Dresden and was buried in the Freiberg Cathedral.

Ancestors

Ancestors of August of Saxony

16. Albert III of Saxony 8. Henry IV of Saxony 17. Sidonie of Poděbrady 4. Augustus of Saxony 18. Magnus II of Mecklenburg 9. Catherine of Mecklenburg 19. Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin 2. Christian I of Saxony 20. Frederick I of Denmark 10. Christian III of Denmark 21. Anna of Brandenburg 5. Anne of Denmark and Norway 22. Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg 11. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1. August of Saxony 24. Joachim I Nestor of Brandenburg 12. Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg 25. Elizabeth of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 6. John George of Brandenburg 26. George of Saxony 13. Magdalena of Saxony 27. Barbara Jagiellon 3. Sophie of Brandenburg 28. Frederick I of Brandenburg-Ansbach 14. George of Brandenburg-Ansbach 29. Sophia Jagiellon 7. Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach 30. Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels 15. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels 31. Anna of Sagan

References

• K. W. Böttiger (1831), History of the Electorate and Kingdom of Saxony, vol. 2, Hamburg, p. 82
• Franz Otto Stichart (1854), The Kingdom of Saxony and its princes, Leipzig, p. 192{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Heinrich August Pierer, Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit, 4th edition, Volume 2, Altenburg, 1857, p. 21.