George the Bearded ( nickname ); Georg der Bärtige ( German )

She was the daughter of George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony and his wife Barbara.

Started in 1520 by Duke George the Bearded, it has been held annually since.

Though Albert's son Duke George the Bearded resided at the Albrechtsburg, it was soon superseded by Dresden Castle as the new seat of the Wettin Albertinian line.

* 1471 – George, Duke of Saxony ( d. 1539 )

* Prince George, Duke of Kent ( 1902 – 1942 )

* 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1628 )

This provision was repealed in 1716, at the request of George I, who was also the Elector of Hanover and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg of the Holy Roman Empire, and so frequently needed and wanted to stay in Hanover.

The current most senior living descendant of the Electress Sophia who is ineligible to succeed due to the act is George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, the eldest son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who married the Roman Catholic Sylvana Palma Tomaselli in 1988 ; he would now be 29th in the lines of succession if he had not lost his place.

Other key traditional pop and jazz ballads include: " Body and Soul " by Johnny Green ; " Misty " by Erroll Garner ; " The Man I Love " by George Gershwin ; " My Funny Valentine " by Rodgers and Hart, " God Bless the Child " by Billie Holiday, " Ev ' ry Time We Say Goodbye " by Cole Porter, the instrumental ballad " Naima " by John Coltrane, " In a Sentimental Mood " by Duke Ellington and " Always " by Irving Berlin.

Attacks upon the monopolists by Parliament for the abuse of prices led to the scapegoating of Francis Bacon by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leading to Bacon's impeachment before the Lords, the first of its kind which was not officially sanctioned by the King in the form of a bill of attainder since 1459.

However, George Spencer, the 5th Duke of Marlborough, obtained a Royal Licence to assume and bear the additional surname and arms of his famous ancestor, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, and thus became George Spencer-Churchill.

The present Duke of Marlborough is John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough.

* George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( 1739 – 1817 ), elder son of the 3rd Duke

* George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough ( 1766 – 1840 ), elder son of the 4th Duke

* George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough ( 1793 – 1857 ), eldest son of the 5th Duke

* George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough ( 1844 – 1892 ), eldest son of the 7th Duke

* John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough ( b. 1926 ), elder son of the 10th Duke

* 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier ( d. 1670 )

* 1902 – George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent ( d. 1942 )

* 1694 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1668 )

Married John George I, Elector of Saxony.

When a union of the evangelicals in upper and lower Germany was contemplated as a means of improved defense against the retaliatory measures of the Roman Catholic Church, George had a meeting with Elector John of Saxony at Schleitz in 1529, where they agreed on certain articles of faith and confession to be drawn up by Luther ; the commission was executed in the seventeen articles of Schwabach on the basis of the fifteen theses of the Marburg Colloquy.

His father was Albert the Brave of Saxony, founder of the Albertine line of the Wettin family, his mother was Sidonie, daughter of George Podiebrad, King of Bohemia.

The Obverse and reverse | obverse shows George's cousin, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony | Frederick, while on the Obverse and reverse | reverse, George is portrayed face to face with the future Prince-elector | Elector, John, Elector of Saxony | John.

* September 12 – John George III, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1647 )

* August 22 – John George II, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1613 )

* May 31 – John George II, Elector of Saxony ( d. 1680 )

* End of August – Thirty Years ' War: Running out of supply, Tilly is forced to send his army into the Electorate of Saxony in order to secure supplies, as well as to force a reaction from John George, Elector of Saxony and Gustav Adolf of Sweden.

* September 11 – Thirty Years ' War: As a result of Tilly's invasion, John George, Elector of Saxony, who had until now stayed neutral, allies with Gustav Adolf of Sweden in order to drive the Imperial army out of Saxony.

* August 27 – George, Duke of Saxony ( d. 1539 )

* March 5 – John George I, Elector of Saxony ( d. 1656 )

* June 20 – John George III, Elector of Saxony ( d. 1691 )

* October 8 – John George I, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1585 )

* October 18 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony ( d. 1694 )

* April 27 – John George IV, Elector of Saxony ( b. 1668 )

* April 17 – George, Duke of Saxony ( b. 1471 )

In 1538 three German theologians – Francis Burkhardt, vice-chancellor of Saxony ; George von Boyneburg, doctor of law ; and Friedrich Myconius, superintendent of the church of Gotha – were sent to London and held conferences with the Anglican bishops and clergy in the archbishop ’ s palace at Lambeth for several months.

As early as 1488, when his father was in East Frisia fighting on behalf of the emperor, George was regent of the ducal possessions, which included the Margraviate of Meissen with the cities of Dresden and Leipzig.

In 1529 he became secretary to Duke George of Saxony, at Dresden and Meissen.

Duke George at this time was bent on securing the canonization of Bishop Benno of Meissen, and at his instance Emser travelled through Saxony and Bohemia in search of materials for a life of Benno, which he subsequently published in German and Latin.