Johann Georg IV

Johann Georg IV. ( October 18, 1668 , Dresden - April 27, 1694 , Dresden ) - the Elector of Saxony from the Wettinov dynasty , son of Johann George III , succeeded him in 1691 .

Johann Georg IV
Elector of Saxony September 12, 1691 - April 27, 1694
Predecessor	Johann George III
Successor	August Strong
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The misfortune of his life was a passion for Magdalena Sibylle Neitshuts , the daughter of a guard officer; according to the superstition of that time, this passion was attributed to witchcraft. Johann’s political leader was Schöning , who, wanting to distract him from the enthusiasm of Magdalena Neutshütz, arranged his marriage with the widowed margravine Eleonora of Saxe-Eisenach , but this marriage did not lead to the desired goal and was very unhappy.

Schöning tried to put an end to the exploitation of Saxony by Austria and insisted on the emperor’s support of the rights of the Elector to Lauenburg , against Brandenburg . When these demands were rejected, Johann withdrew his troops from the Rhine . Then the emperor captured Schöning in the Greenhouse and imprisoned him in a fortress.

The title of the imperial Countess von Rohlitz , given by the emperor Magdalena Sibile Neutsütz, inclined Johann to a new union with the emperor. He put 12,000 against the French and, at the news of the ruin of Heidelberg , he himself moved towards the Rhine; but the birth of a daughter from Magdalena Neutshuts was made him delay, and the French were able to move forward without hindrance. Extremely upset that the Margrave of Baden did not recognize him as commander-in-chief of the imperial army, and free efforts to release Schöning, Johann IV threatened to withdraw his troops, but he contracted smallpox from the dying Neutschütz and died.