♦ wonderful lustrous specimen with fine details ♦ | Abkürzungen
37,00 mm
weight 15,56gr. | silver Ø 37mm. mintmaster: Johann Koch (I.K.) mintmark: two crossed arrows
obv. Armoured bust of Johann Georg IV facing righ, surrounded by the legend IOH•GEORG•IV•DG•DVX•SAX•I•C•M•A&•W• rev. Four crowned arms (Sachsen, Kleve, Jülich and Berg) forming a cross, cutting throught the denomination and the cross are two crossing swords, surrounded by the legend •SAC• - ROM•IMP• - ARCHIM• - &•EL• two crossed arrows, the date 16 - 93 is at the end of the legend, separated on the top by the saxony arms, the mintmaster initials I - K are seperated by the Jülich arms. Johann Georg IV was born on 18 October 1668, in Dresden as the eldest son of Elector Johann Georg III and Anna Sophie of Denmark. He received a strict Lutheran education, with his early life marked by intense religious training. In November 1685, 17-year-old John George embarked upon his ″Grand Tour″. At the radiant court of Louis XIV ″The Sun King″, he made a good impression, studying French, Italian, dancing and riding. In his free hours John George gambled and watched comedies. In June 1686, he arrived in Londen. In July, he sailed to The Netherlands. In Gottorp he met his Danish relations. In November, John George was back in Dresden. From the age of 16 onwards, John George IV had increasingly been involved in state affairs. Around 1688 Johann George fell madly in love with 13-year-old Magdalena Sibylla ″Billchen″, the daughter of his father′s notorious mistress. He succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1691. Upon taking power, he immediately moved his mistress, Magdalena Sibylla, into the palace, making her the first official ″Mistress″ (Favoritin) of a Saxon elector. She may have been his own half-sister, the illegitimate daughter of his father, though this was rumored rather than confirmed. His mother, Dowager Electress Anna Sophie, forced him to marry Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach in 1692 to produce legitimate heirs. Johann Georg detested his wife, treating her with violence and attempting to murder her to marry his mistress, an act stopped by his brother, Friedrich August, according to details from Mad Monarchs and European Royal History. In 1693, he secured the title Countess of Rochlitz for Magdalena. Magdalena Sibylla contracted smallpox and died on 4 April 1694. Johann Georg was infected while holding her in her final moments. He died on 27 April 1694, just 23 days after his mistress. He is buried in Freiberg Cathedral. Having left no legitimate children, he was succeeded by his brother, Friedrich August I (later known as Augustus II the Strong).
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