Prince Johann Georg of Saxony
Prince Johann Georg, Duke of Saxony (* July 10, 1869 in Dresden, † November 24, 1938 at Schloss Altshausen / Württemberg) was the brother of the last king Friedrich August of Saxony. He was a renowned art expert and passionate collector. He died during his visit to relatives at Schloss Altshausen and was buried in the crypt of the new Catholic Hofkirche in Dresden. In the old Catholic cemetery at the Friedrich Strasse in Dresden, a memorial cross commemorates him.
Origin
Prince Johann Georg was the sixth of eight children - the second son - the King George of Saxony and the Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal. The prince grew up in Dresden and received a strict Catholic upbringing.
School, education, college, work, academic honors
After the Prince had been initially taught by private tutors, followed in 1881 a military training. In 1888 he passed the Abitur. In 1889/90 he studied with his one-year younger brother Maximilian Law and Political Science in Freiburg im Breisgau. On transferring to the University of Leipzig Johann Georg heard mainly lectures on the history and art history. He then completed a military career, which he finished in 1907 as a General of the Infantry. In 1909 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig. From 1893 he worked as a representative of the Saxon royal family deputy of the First Chamber of the Saxon parliament.
Marriages
In April 1894 married Prince Johann Georg in Stuttgart, the 22 - year-old Princess Maria Isabella of Württemberg ( 1871-1904 ), daughter of Duke Philipp of Württemberg and Archduchess Marie Therese of Austria. Maria Isabella died in 1904 in Dresden.
In 1906 he married his second wife in Cannes, Princess Maria Immacolata Cristina Pia Isabella of Bourbon- Sicily ( 1874-1947 ), daughter of Alfons Maria, Count of Caserta and Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies. Both marriages were childless.
Johann Georg had an illegitimate son, Johann Wilhelm (1927-1945) please.
Residences
Since 1902 Prince Johann Georg lived on about 30 km from Dresden high above the Müglitz Weesenstein. In 1918, after the end of World War II and the deposition of his brother Friedrich August as a Saxon King, Johann Georg Weesenstein sold and transferred his residence until his death in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Travels
The Prince undertook a number of trips during which he devoted himself to the development of the cultural heritage of the countries visited and his various collections added. He traveled several times to Russia, traveled to the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and the Orient. His particular interest was the Christian churches of the visited countries.
Art Collections
His collections were Aegyptiaca, including Uschebtifiguren, mummy cardboard and mummy portraits, but also terracottas, black - and red-figure painted vases from Greece and grave reliefs from Palmyra, and Coptic textiles, precious glasses and ancient works of art. From Late Antique, Byzantine and early Islamic period are Coptic sculptures, incense burners, Menasampullen, bread Temple, lamps, crosses, silver and bronze ritual objects Orthodox churches and icons. From his travels, he lay down in an extensive photo archive.
The state of Rhineland -Palatinate acquired the collection 1949/50, and left it to the Art History Institute of the University of Mainz. Since 1981, the collection is on permanent loan to the National Museum in Mainz.
Memberships
By 1918, Prince Johann Georg was an active member in various clubs. Among other things, he was a member of the Gorres -Gesellschaft, the protector of the 1914 -founded German Dante Society and until 1918 in the Saxon antiquity club active.
Scripture Generic work
He wrote a number of essays and wrote a biography of his uncle, King Albert of Saxony.
Awards
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Elector Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) ∞ 1747 Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724-1780)
Duke Ferdinand of Bourbon (1751-1802) ∞ 1769 Maria Amalia of Austria (1746-1804)
Friedrich Michael von Pfalz- Birkenfeld (1724-1767) ∞ 1746 Maria Franziska von Pfalz- Sulzbach (1724-1794)
Karl Ludwig of Baden (1755-1801) ∞ 1774 Amalie of Hesse- Darmstadt (1754-1832)
Duke Franz von Sachsen- Coburg -Saalfeld (1750-1806) ∞ 1777 Auguste Reuss to Ebersdorf (1757-1831)
Ferenc József Koháry (1760-1826) Antonia of Waldstein Wartenberg (1771-1854)
King John VI. (1767-1826) ∞ 1785 Charlotte Joachime of Spain (1775-1830)
Kaiser Francis II (1768-1835) ∞ 1790 Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772-1807)
Maximilian of Saxony (1759-1838) ∞ 1792 Caroline of Bourbon- Parma (1770-1804)
King Maximilian I Joseph (1756-1825) ∞ 1797 Caroline of Baden (1776-1841)
Ferdinand of Saxe- Coburg -Saalfeld (1785-1851) ∞ 1815 Mary of Koháry (1797-1862)
King Peter IV of Portugal (1798-1834) ∞ 1817 Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1797-1826)
King John of Saxony (1801-1873) ∞ 1822 Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801-1877)
King Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816-1885) ∞ 1836 Maria II of Portugal (1819-1853)
King George of Saxony (1832-1904) ∞ 1859 Maria Anna of Portugal (1843-1884)
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