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After the creation of the Kingdom of Saxony in 1806, Maximilian became a Prince of Saxony. After the death of Frederick Augustus (1827), Anton succeeded him as King. Maximilian became first in line to the Saxon throne as Hereditary Prince (de: Thronfolger ); but three years later, on 1 September 1830, during the Autumn Disturbances, he renounced his rights of succession in favour of his eldest ...
Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (30 June 1503, Torgau – 3 March 1554, Weimar). On 13 November 1513 Johann married secondly Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen in Torgau. They had four children: Maria (15 December 1515, Weimar – 7 January 1583, Wolgast), married on 27 February 1536 Duke Philip I of Pomerania-Wolgast.
Life. He was the seventh child and fifth son of George, Duke of Saxony and Barbara Jagiellon, and grandson of Casimir IV Jagiellon. Mentally disabled, he was the second of only four of their ten children to survive to adulthood and, on the death of his elder brother John in 1537, succeeded him as hereditary prince of the Duchy of Saxony .
Christian II died in Dresden on 23 July 1611; after having participated in a tournament in full armour, he climbed off his horse, drank a large amount of beer to cool down, and suddenly died from a heart attack. Having left no legitimate children with his wife, his brother Johann Georg succeeded him as the Elector of Saxony.
George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so. Despite George's efforts to avoid a succession by a Lutheran upon his death in 1539 ...
Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony: 4. John of Saxony: 9. Princess Carolina of Parma: 2. George of Saxony: 10. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria: 5. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria: 11. Princess Caroline of Baden: 1. Prince Maximilian of Saxony: 12. Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry: 6. Fernando II of Portugal: 13.
Kingdom of Saxony. The Kingdom of Saxony ( German: Königreich Sachsen ), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxony. From 1871, it was part of the German Empire.
