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in March 1629 put the capstone to his fears. Still, although clamouring vainly for the exemption of the electorate from the area covered by the Edict, John George took no decisive measures to break his alliance with the emperor. He did, indeed, in February 1631 call a meeting of Protestant princes at
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Although not without political acumen, John George was not a great ruler; his character appears to have been harsh and unlovely, and he was addicted to drink and other diversions such as hunting. Wallenstein held him in contempt saying on more than one occasion "have you seen how he lives".
508:; and Saxony, ravaged impartially by both sides, was soon in a deplorable condition. At length in September 1645 the elector was compelled to agree to a truce with the Swedes, who, however, retained Leipzig; and as far as Saxony was concerned this ended the Thirty Years' War. After the 377:; the adherence of the other branches of the Saxon ruling house to Protestantism seemed to him to suggest that the head of the Electorate of Saxony should throw his weight into the other scale, and he was prepared to favour the advances of the 431:
Gradually, however, he was made uneasy by the obvious trend of the imperial policy towards the annihilation of Protestantism, and by a dread lest the ecclesiastical lands should be taken from him; and the issue of the
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Still letting his troops fight in a desultory fashion against the imperials, John George again negotiated for peace, and in May 1635 he concluded the important
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by promising that he should be undisturbed in his possession of certain ecclesiastical lands. Carrying out his share of the bargain by occupying
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with Ferdinand II. His reward was Lusatia and certain other additions of territory; the retention by his son Augustus of the
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Nevertheless, he soon took the offensive after Gustavus crushed the army of Tilly. Marching into Bohemia the Saxons occupied
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rather than her high standing among the German Protestants gave her ruler much importance during the
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in 1632, and the refusal of Saxony to join the Protestant league under Swedish leadership.
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John George succeeded to the electorate on 23 June 1611 on the death of his elder brother,
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Christian Albert (b. Dresden, 4 March 1612 – d. Dresden, 9 August 1612)
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Catherine of Brunswick-WolfenbĂĽttel, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
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Henry (b. Dresden, 27 June 1622 – d. Dresden, 15 August 1622)
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John George was married twice. In addition to his successor
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was sound, but he liked neither the growing strength of
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Thus John George was easily induced to vote for the
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Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
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He belonged to the Albertine line of the 311:Monument to John George in Johanngeorgstadt 2106: 2092: 1943: 1929: 27: 452:had landed in Germany, aiming to relieve 160: 2559:Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen 1863: 1823:in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan 1782:in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan 1757: 637:; and, secondly, on 11 October 1652, to 564:Stillborn son (Dresden, 20 January 1606) 422: 414: 344: 333: 306: 2439:Clemens Wenceslaus, Archbishop of Trier 1475:George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 601:Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 592:George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt 164: 2694:German people of the Thirty Years' War 2651: 2237:Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxony 1950: 1551: 1427: 1423: 1411: 1299: 1175: 1171: 1167: 1157: 1046: 922: 918: 906: 794: 680: 676: 672: 524: 299:, which dominated his 45-year reign. 2113: 2087: 1924: 1821:Herzogin Magdalena Sibylla v.Preussen 1629: 1619: 1615: 1603: 1596: 1586: 1569: 1559: 1555: 1539: 1532: 1522: 1505: 1495: 1491: 1479: 1472: 1462: 1445: 1435: 1431: 1404: 1394: 1377: 1367: 1363: 1351: 1344: 1334: 1317: 1307: 1303: 1287: 1280: 1270: 1253: 1243: 1239: 1227: 1220: 1210: 1193: 1183: 1179: 1151: 1141: 1124: 1114: 1110: 1098: 1091: 1081: 1064: 1054: 1050: 1034: 1027: 1017: 1000: 990: 986: 974: 967: 957: 940: 930: 926: 899: 889: 872: 862: 858: 846: 839: 829: 812: 802: 798: 782: 775: 765: 748: 738: 734: 722: 715: 705: 688: 684: 584:Stillborn son (Dresden, 18 July 1608) 1030:Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony 287:(5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was 193: 2149:William III, Landgrave of Thuringia 1572:Charles I, Duke of MĂĽnsterberg-Oels 1283:John George, Elector of Brandenburg 373:nor the increasing prestige of the 357:. The geographical position of the 227:Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg 33:John George I in 1652, portrait by 16:Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656 13: 2580:Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen 1706: 1223:Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg 14: 2720: 2232:John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony 1196:Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg 578:Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia 219:John George II, Elector of Saxony 1851: 1154:John George I, Elector of Saxony 1067:Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 558:Frederick I, Duke of WĂĽrttemberg 223:August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels 145:Sibylle Elisabeth of WĂĽrttemberg 2191:Ernest, Archbishop of Magdeburg 1780:Sibylle Elisabeth v.WĂĽrttemberg 189: 156: 2196:Albert, Administrator of Mainz 1813: 1794: 1772: 1763: 902:Christian I, Elector of Saxony 815:Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg 633:, eldest son and heir of King 419:Johann Georg I of Saxony, 1613 257:Christian I, Elector of Saxony 1: 2709:Burials at Freiberg Cathedral 2554:Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony 2345:Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg 1839: 1535:Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach 515: 52:23 June 1611 – 8 October 1656 2340:Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels 1713:Blaschke, Karlheinz (1974), 653: 302: 178:Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 7: 2659:Electoral princes of Saxony 2585:Albert, Margrave of Meissen 1687: 778:Augustus, Elector of Saxony 235:Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz 10: 2725: 1599:Hedwig of MĂĽnsterberg-Oels 1545: 1425: 1417: 1293: 1173: 1169: 1094:Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg 1040: 920: 912: 788: 691:Albert III, Duke of Saxony 678: 674: 502:Archbishopric of Magdeburg 427:1620 Taler - John George I 291:from 1611 to 1656. 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Index


Frans Luycx
Elector of Saxony
Christian II
John George II
Dresden
Electorate of Saxony
Holy Roman Empire
Freiberg Cathedral
Sibylle Elisabeth of WĂĽrttemberg
Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
Issue
Sophie Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
John George II, Elector of Saxony
August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Magdalene Sibylle, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
House
House of Wettin
Christian I, Elector of Saxony
Sophie of Brandenburg
Lutheran
Elector of Saxony
Saxony
Thirty Years' War

Dresden
Christian I

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