European Heraldry

Albertine Wettins

• Albert III, (1443-1500), Margrave of Meissen and Duke of Saxony. Founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin. Knight of the Golden fleece.

Sons of Albert III

• George, (1471-1539), Margrave of Meissen and Duke of Saxony. Knight of the Golden fleece.

Line extinct 1539.

• Henry IV the Pious, ( 1473-1541), Margrave of Meissen and Duke of Saxony.

• Frederick of Saxony (1474-1510), 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, from 1498-1510.

Electors of Saxony
1547-1806

Sons of Henry IV

• Maurice I, ( 1521- 1553), Duke of Saxony (1541–1547) and Elector of Saxony (1547–1553). Maurice received the Electoral Dignity after the Surrender of Wittemberg depriving his cousin Elector John Frederick.

• Augustus I, (-1586), from 1553.

• Christian I, (1560-1591), Elector of Saxony from 1586. Son of Augustus I.

• Johann Georg I, (1585-1656), Elector of Saxony from 1611. Son of Christian I.

• Johann Georg II, (1613-1680), Elector of Saxony from 1656. Son of Johann Georg I. Knight of the Garter.

Sons of Johann Georg III

• Johann Georg IV, ( 1668- 1694), Elector of Saxony from 1691. Knight of the Garter.

• Frederick Augustus I, ( 1670-), Elector of Saxony 1694-1733, later King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania 1697-1704 and again 1709-1733 as Augustus II. Known as Augustus the Strong.

• Frederick Augustus II, ( 1696- 1763), Elector of Saxony from 1733, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1734 as Augustus III. Known as Augustus the Saxon. Founder of the Military Order of Saint Henry.

Sons of Frederick Augustus II

• Frederick Christian, ( 1722- 1763), Elector of Saxony for less than three months in 1763.

• Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony, ( 1733- 1796), Duke of Courland and Zemgale (1758-1763).

• Prince Albert Casimir August of Saxony, ( 1738-), Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1781-1793).

• Prince Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony, ( 1739- 1812), Archbishop of Trier from 1768 until 1803, the Bishop of Freising from 1763 until 1768, the Bishop of Regensburg from 1763 until 1769, and the Bishop of Augsburg from 1768 until 1812.

• Maurice, (1696-1750), Comte de Saxe, Marshal General of France. An illegitimate son of August the Strong and Countess Maria Aurora of Königsmarck.

Kings of Saxony
1806-1918

• Frederick Augustus I, (1750-1827), King of Saxony (1805-1827). Elector of Saxony (1763-1806) as Frederick Augustus III and Grand Duke of Warsaw (1807-1813) as Frederick Augustus I. Son of Frederick Christian. Founder of the Order of the Rue Crown.

Cadet Branches from sons of John George I

Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels
1657- 1746

• August, ( 1614- 1680), Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt, Administrator of the Diocese of Magdeburg from 1657.

• Johann Adolf II, ( 1685- 1746), Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt from 1736. Knight of the Garter.

Line extinct 1746.

Dukes of Saxe-Merseburg
1657- 1738

• Christian I, ( 1615- 1691), Duke of Saxe-Merseburg.

Line extinct 1738.

Dukes of Saxe-Zeitz
1657-1718

• Maurice, ( 1619- 1681),Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

Line extinct 1759.

• Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz ( 1666- 1725),Cardinal, Archbishop of Gran and Primate of Hungary. Unable to inherit duchy. Son of Maurice.

• Maurice Adolf Karl (1702-1759), Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (1713-18), Bishop of Hradec Kralove (Königrgrätz) (1732) and Litomerice (Leitmeritz) (1733-52). Maurice Adolf became a priest and renounced to his claims over the duchy. Grandson of Maurice.