Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Johann August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (17 February 1704 – 8 May 1767), was a German prince, member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He was born in
Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst
.
Life
In 1725 he entered in the Imperial army and fought in
Field Marshal
and received his own dragoon regiment.
He lived with his family in Stadtroda, where shortly before his death he received a visit from King Frederick the Great of Prussia. He was awarded the Polish Order of the White Eagle.
Marriage and issue
On 6 January 1752 at Roda (Stadtroda after 1925), Johann August married
Staffelstein
, 3 July 1726 – Stadtroda, 28 May 1773), widow of his younger brother Christian Wilhelm. They had four children:
- Augusta (b. Stadtroda, 30 November 1752 – d. Rudolstadt, 28 May 1805), co-Countess of Limpurg-Gaildorf (1773–1780) in succession of her mother jointly with her younger sister;[1] married on 28 November 1780 to Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
- Stillborn child (Stadtroda, 18 November 1753).
- Stillborn child (Stadtroda, 27 December 1754).
- British Royal Family.
Ancestors
| Ancestors of Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels | | ||||||||||||||
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| 11. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||||||||||||
| 12. John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (= 10) | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (= 11) | |||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ a b c The Limpurg Inheritance in: heraldica.org [retrieved 17 August 2016].
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 102.
References
- August Beck: Johann August, Prinz von Sachsen-Gotha. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). vol. 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 376.
- Johann Samuel Ersch (Hrsg): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste, 2. Sektion, Leipzig, 1842, p. 240 online [retrieved 25 September 2014].
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