George of Saxony
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King Georg I of Saxony (Friedrich August Georg Ludwig Maximilian Karl Maria Nepomuk Baptist Xaver Cyriacus Romanus, King of Saxony)
(* 8 August 1832 in Dresden; 15 October 1904 in Pillnitz) succeeded his brother Albrecht as King of Saxony.
He was the son of Johann I, King of Saxony (1801–1873) and his wife Amelia of Bavaria (1801–1877). On 11 May 1859 at Lisbon he married the Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal (1843–1884), the daughter of Maria II da Gloria of Portugal and her consort, Ferdinand II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He became a Generalfeldmarschall. His reign took only two years.
See also: Rulers of Saxony
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