Category:George of Saxony

George
	King of Saxony
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Date of birth	23 August 1832 / 8 August 1832; Dresden; Friedrich August Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Maximilian Karl Maria Nepomuk Baptist Xaver Cyriacus Romanus von Sachsen
Date of death	15 October 1904; Pillnitz
Place of burial	Katholische Hofkirche;
Noble title	duke;
Family	House of Wettin;
Father	John of Saxony;
Mother	Amalie Auguste of Bavaria;
Sibling	Albert of Saxony; Princess Margaretha of Saxony; Princess Sophie of Saxony; Princess Elisabeth of Saxony; Princess Anna of Saxony; Sidonie of Saxony;
Child	Princess Mathilde of Saxony; Frederick Augustus III of Saxony; Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony; Prince Johann Georg of Saxony; Prince Maximilian of Saxony; Prince Albert of Saxony;
Spouse	Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal;
Award received	Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Order of St. Andrew;
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George (German:Georg; 8 August 1832 – 15 October 1904) was a King of Saxony of the House of Wettin. George was born in the Saxon capital Dresden. He was the second son of King John of Saxony (1801-1873) and his wife Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801-1877), daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756-1825). George married the Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843-1884), the eldest surviving daughter of Queen Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853) and her consort Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (1816-1885). He died in Pillnitz and was succeeded by his eldest son Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865-1932), who was deposed in 1918.

Eight children were born of George and Maria Anna's marriage:

Marie Johanna (1860-1861)
Elisabeth (1862-1863)
Mathilde (1863-1933).
Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865-1932). Married Princess Louise of Tuscany (1870-1947)
Maria Josepha, Archduchess of Austria (1867-1944). Married Archduke Otto Franz of Austria (1865-1906).
John George (1869-1938). Married first Isabella, Duchess of Württemberg (1871-1904) and second Maria, Immacolata Princess of the Two Sicilies (1874–1906), daughter of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta and Duke of Calabria (1841–1934).
Maximilian (1870-1951)
Albert (1875-1900)

Ancestors[edit]

**George's ancestors in three generations**
George of Saxony	Father: John of Saxony	Paternal Grandfather: Prince Maximilian of Saxony	Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Maria Antonia Walpurgis
		Paternal Grandmother: Princess Caroline of Parma	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria
	Mother: Amalie Auguste of Bavaria	Maternal Grandfather: Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria	Maternal Great-grandfather: Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
		Maternal Grandmother: Caroline of Baden	Maternal Great-grandfather: Margrave Charles Louis of Baden
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt