See also:born on the 31st of May 1613 . In 1657, just after his accession, he made an arrangement with his three
See also:brothers with the
See also:object of preventing disputes over their
See also:separate territories, and in 1664 he entered into friendly relations with
See also:Louis XIV . He received
See also:money from the French
See also:king, but the existence of a strong
See also:anti-French party in Saxony induced him occasionally to
See also:respond to the overtures of the emperor
See also:Leopold I . The elector's
See also:primary interests were not in politics, but in
See also:music and
See also:art . He adorned
See also:Dresden, which under him became the musical centre of Germany; welcoming
See also:foreign musicians and others he gathered around him a large and splendid
See also:court, and his capital was the
See also:constant scene of musical and other festivals . His enormous
See also:expenditure compelled him in 1661 to
See also:grant greater
See also:control over monetary matters to the estates, a step which laid the foundation of the later
See also:system of
See also:finance in Saxony .
See also:George died at
See also:Freiberg on the 22nd of
See also:August 1680 .
JOHN GEORGE I
JOHN GEORGE III
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