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See also:JOHN See also:GEORGE III . (1647-1691), elector of See also:Saxony, the only son of John George II., was See also:born on the loth of See also:June 1647. He forsook the vacillating See also:foreign policy of his See also:father and in June 1683 joined an See also:alliance against See also:France. Having raised the first See also:standing See also:army in the electorate he helped to drive the See also:Turks from See also:Vienna in See also:September 168o, leading .his men with See also:great gallantry; but disgusted with the attitude of the See also:emperor See also:Leopold I. after the victory, he returned at once to Saxony. However, he sent aid to Leopold in 1685. When See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV.'s armies invaded See also:Germany in September 1688 John George was one of the first to take up arms against the See also:French, and after sharing in the See also:capture of See also:Mainz he was appointed See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the imperial forces. He had not, however, met with any notable success when he died at See also:Tubingen on the 12th of September 1691. Like his father, he was very fond of See also:music, but he appears to have been less extravagant than John George II. His wife was See also:Anna See also:Sophia, daughter of See also:Frederick III. See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of
See also:Denmark, and both his sons, John George and Frederick See also:Augustus, became See also:electors of Saxony, the latter also becoming king of See also:Poland as Augustus II.
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