Page "Anthony of Saxony" Paragraph 3

During the first years of the reign of his older brother as Elector, Anton was the third in line, preceded only by his older brother Karl.

The death of Karl ( 8 September 1781 ) make him the next in line to the Electorate as Crown Prince ( de: Kronprinz ); this was because all the pregnancies of the Electress Amalie, except for one daughter, ended in a stillbirth.