Georg | |||||
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Crown Prince of Saxony | |||||
Crown Prince George of Saxony in 1911
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Born |
Dresden |
15 January 1893||||
Died | 14 May 1943 Groß Glienicke Lake, Berlin |
(aged 50)||||
Burial | Katholische Hofkirche | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | Frederick Augustus III of Saxony | ||||
Mother | Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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German: Friedrich August Georg Ferdinand Albert Karl Anton Paul Marcellus |
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, (commonly called Crown Prince George), (15 January 1893 – 14 May 1943) the last Crown Prince of Saxony, was the heir to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, at the time of the monarchy's abolition on 13 November 1918. He later became a Roman Catholic priest and a Jesuit.
The prince was born on 15 January 1893 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. He was the son of Prince Frederick Augustus, the later King Frederick Augustus III and his wife, Louise, née Archduchess Louise of Austria-Tuscany. His siblings were the Princes Friedrich Christian and Ernst Heinrich and the Princesses Margarete, Maria Alix and Anna Monika
After his parents divorced in 1902, his father took sole parental responsibility for his children. He emphasized the Christian faith and a Catholic lifestyle. The children were educated by private tutors in a "prince's school" established by their father at the Saxon court. Most of the teachers were Protestants; this contributed to his later ecumenical attitude. Georg became Crown Prince at age eleven, when his father acceded to the throne in 1904.
After graduating from high school in 1912, Georg studied political sciences for three months at the University of Breslau. He then began to study economics. During this time, he joined the KDSt.V. Winfridia.