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August, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig

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to be rebuilt into a new and comfortable residence; however, August died before the works were finished. After his death, the castle was assigned to his widow Hedwig and their only surviving daughter Caroline as their residence.
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Duke August died on 27 March 1715 at the age of 60. His body was conveyed to Merseburg and entombed in an ostentatious coffin made from tin in the princely crypt of
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In order to provide his three younger sons with an income befitting their status, Duke Christian I, assigned to each of them before his death a small territory as
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Gustav Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (b. Zörbig, 28 October 1694 – d. Zörbig, 24 May 1695).
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August, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig (b. Zörbig, 26 February 1696 – d. Zörbig, 26 March 1696).
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line, and their sovereign powers were severely limited. August received the town of
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Christiane Magdalene (b. Zörbig, 11 March 1687 – d. Merseburg, 21 March 1689).
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Caroline Auguste (b. Zörbig, 10 March 1691 – d. Zörbig, 23 September 1743).
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Hedwig Eleonore (b. Zörbig, 26 February 1693 – d. Zörbig, 31 August 1693).
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Stillborn daughter (Alt-Stargard, Mecklenburg, 30 December 1689).
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who, however, passed it to August's widow as a life estate.
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in 1691 and founded the line of Saxe-Merseburg-Zörbig.
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Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
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In consequence, August relocated his household from
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Merseburg
Zörbig
House of Wettin
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
appanage
Saxe-Merseburg
Zörbig
Alt-Stargard
dowry
Thirty Years' War
Castle Zörbig
Merseburg Cathedral
Maurice Wilhelm
Hedwig of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Güstrow
Drey hundert und drey und dreyßig Genealogische Tabellen
"August Herzog von Sachsen-Zorbig"
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House of Saxe-Merseburg
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