Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby

Georg Albrecht ( Albert ) of Saxe- Weissenfels ( born April 19, 1695 in Dessau, † June 12, 1739 in Barby ) was from 1728 to 1739, the second and last Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels - Barby and came from a branch of the Albertine Wettin.

Family

Georg Albrecht was the fourth son of Duke Henry of Saxony - Weissenfels - Barby and his wife Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt- Dessau, daughter of Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt- Dessau.

Life

After the Georg Albrecht's two eldest brothers died young before he was born and also the third oldest son of Duke Henry, Prince Frederick Henry, returned from his Grand Tour not live in The Hague back. 1709 Georg Albrecht was first appointed on foot of King Friedrich Wilhelm I to colonel of a regiment. But he was the sole heir of his father in 1711 property and rights to Barby.

Georg Albrecht joined the government after the death of his father in 1728 and led the administration continues in its meaning, but died after only eleven years of government. Since he left no heir, died in the line of Barbyer Weißenfelser Sekundogenitur with him and fell to the main line to his cousin, the Saxon General Johann Adolf II, back.

He was buried in the reasoned from his father new family vault in Barby.

Marriage

He completed his only marriage on February 18, 1721 Forest with Auguste Louise of Württemberg- oil which the daughter of Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg- Oels from his third marriage to Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland. Auguste Louise's maternal grandmother was Juliana Sophia von Barby and Mühlingen, the sister of the last Earl August Ludwig von Barby and Mühlingen. The marriage was extremely unhappy and both were divorced in 1732. Auguste Louise returned to her Silesian homeland and died about five months ago Georg Albrecht. Both never married again and also from the common connecting children had never emerged, which ultimately meant the end of the line Barby.