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Georg König
von Sachsen
(08.08.1832 -
15.10.1904)
place of birth: Dresden, Sachsen
(Saxony)
Königreich
Sachsen: Seine
Majestät der König,
Chef der Sächsischen Armee
The youngest son of Saxony's King Johann "der Wahrhaftige" of
Saxony (d. 1873) and Queen Amelia, Georg was likewise the father of
Friedrich August III. the last king of Saxony. From an early age he
received a careful scientific and military training, and in 1846 joined
an artillery unit as a lieutenant.
During
the Austro- Prussian War of 1866 he commanded a Saxon cavalry
brigade, and in the early part of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 he
was a divisional commander. He later commanded the Saxon XII. Army
Corps, distinguishing himself during the battles of St. Privat
and at Beaumont. When his brother Albert became
Saxony's king, Georg was named Commander-in- Chief of the Saxon Army,
and in 1888 was made a Prussian field marshal by the Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Since King Albert's marriage was childless, Georg succeeded on his
death in 1902 to the throne of Saxony. The king passed away on 15
October 1904 in the town of Pillnitz.
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