Find A Grave - Saxony (Sachsen)

Albert of Saxony b. April 23, 1828 d. June 19, 1902
Saxony Monarch, Germany Army Field Marshal. Born Frederick Augustus Albert Anton Ferdinand Joseph Karl Maria Baptist Wilhelm Xavier Georg Fidelis, he was the eldest son of Prince Johann of Saxony and Amalie Auguste of Bavaria. He studied for one year at university in Bonn before leaving to serve in the German Schleswig-Holstein campaign of 1849 against the Danes. In June 1853 Albert married Princess Carola, daughter of Gustav, Prince of Vasa, but the couple had no children. While a Crown Prince...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Augustus II of Poland b. May 12, 1670 d. February 1, 1733
Royalty. Also known as Friedrich August I, elector of Saxony. Youngest son of elector Johann Georg III and his wife Anna Sofia of Denmark. He succeeded his brother Johann Georg IV in 1694 after he had been infected with smallpox. Friedrich August was married to Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth in 1693. When the polish throne became vacant he applied and as one of the first steps he converted to Catholicism. The fact that his wife and Saxony remained in the protestant faith shows...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Bach, Anna Magdalena b. September 22, 1701 d. February 22, 1760
Singer. The second wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She was born Anna Wilcken in Zeitz, Saxony, into a musical family. Little is known of her career as a vocalist but she certainly knew Bach professionally at Cothen, where he was Kapellmeister from 1717. They married in December 1721, a year and a half after the death of the composer's first wife, and settled in Leipzig in 1723. The couple had 13 children, six of whom lived to adulthood, including future composers Johann...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: [unmarked]
Bach, Johann Sebastian b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Cause of death: Stroke
Thomaskirche (Saint Thomas' Church), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: In front of the altar
Bach, Johann Sebastian [original burial site] b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Bach, Johann Sebastian b. March 21, 1685 d. July 28, 1750
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his time. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera. Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Johanniskirche (Defunct), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: * Second burial site, crypt beneath the altar
Bockelmann, Rudolf b. 1892 d. 1958
Wagnerian opera singer. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Bosco, Bartolomeo b. January 3, 1793 d. March 7, 1863
Entertainer. One of the greatest conjurors of the 19th century, famous for his 'cup-and-balls' trick. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Carola b. August 5, 1833 d. December 15, 1907
Queen of Saxony. Popularly called Carola, she had been baptized Karolina Friederike Franziska Stephanie Amalia Cecilie.Of the Oldenburg Dynasty, she was the daughter of Gustav of Vasa, né Prince of Sweden, and Louise, a Princess of Baden. She was considered one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe and became the wife of King Albert I of Saxony in 1853. She had prepared for the marriage by converting to Roman Catholicism, against her father's vehement wishes. Queen Caroline was wealthy and...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Casanova, Johann (Giovanni Battista) Baptist b. November 2, 1730 d. December 8, 1795
Sculptor and director of the Dresden Art Academy. Brother of the infamous amorist. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Chavanne, Irene von b. April 18, 1868 d. December 26, 1938
Opera Singer. A contralto who performed for 30 years at the Dresden Court Opera, she is remembered for singing the evil Herodius at the December 5, 1905, world premiere of Richard Strauss' "Salome". The daughter of an Army officer, she received her vocal training in Vienna, Paris, and Dresden before joining the Dresden Court Opera in 1885. Over the years Irene sang the main roles of her voice range including Fides in Meyerbeer's "Le Prophete", the Princess Amneris in Verdi's "Aida", the title...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Chevalier de Saxe, Johann George b. August 21, 1704 d. February 25, 1774
Field Marshal, son of Augustus the Strong. (Bio by: David Conway)
Old Catholic Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Friderich Augustus I/III b. December 23, 1750 d. May 5, 1827
Saxony Monarch. Known as "The Just", he was the first King of Saxony (from 1806).
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Friedrich, Caspar David b. September 5, 1774 d. May 7, 1840
German Romantic Painter. He is considered by many art historians as one of the greatest landscape painter of all time. He was born in Griefswald, a small town in northeastern Germany along the Baltic coast. He studied art at the Academy in Copenhagen from 1794-98 and later settled in Dresden for the remainder of his quiet life. Friedrich began his work as an artist by doing topographical drawings in pencil before taking up oil painting in 1807. Some of his most well-known paintings are...[Read More] (Bio by: Tim Pettay)
Trinitatisfriedhof, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Friedrich 3rd of Saxony b. May 25, 1865 d. February 18, 1932
Saxon Monarch. Oldest son of King George. He was married to Luise of Tuscany, Archduchess of Austria in 1891 in Vienna. They had seven children together. Luise was as popular as her husband. She loved the people of Saxony but suffered under the strict etiquette at the court and often failed to follow it. Her father in law showed no understanding for her, which made life at the court unbearable for her. After King Alberts death with whom she always had a good relationship, she fled with her...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Friedrich Augustus II of Saxony b. May 15, 1797 d. August 9, 1854
Saxon Monarch. He reigned as King of Saxony, and was the husband of Maria Leopoldina von Bayern. (Bio by: David Conway)
Cause of death: Carriage accident
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Garrigues, Malvina b. December 7, 1825 d. February 8, 1904
Opera Singer. She shall be rembered as the creator of the title role in Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde". The child of a Brazilian diplomat and his French wife, she was raised in the capitals of Europe and studied voice in Paris with baritone and legendary teacher Manuel Garcia II. After making her 1841 operatic debut in Meyerbeer's "Robert le diable" at Breslau she remained there until 1849. Malvina appeared for a time in Coburg and in Hamburg, then joined the Karlsruhe Opera where she...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Alter Annenfriedhof, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott b. July 4, 1715 d. December 13, 1769
Poet. He was the teacher of Lessing and Goethe. He was born in Hainichen, Saxony. He studied theology at the University of Leipzig, but later changed to philosophy. In 1751 became a professor of philosophy and taught poetry and rhetoric at Leipzig. With his books, like "Fabeln und Erzählungen" (Fables and Tales) he tried to raise the moral character of the people. He was first buried at Alter Johannisfriedhof. In 1900 he was moved to the crypt of St. John's to rest beside [Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Südfriedhof (South Cemetery), Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: In the middle of Section I.
George of Saxony b. August 8, 1832 d. October 15, 1904
King of Saxony. He fought in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71. He played piano, was a good singer and very interested in history. He married Maria Anna of Portugal in 1859 in Lisbon. The marriage was a happy one. They had six children. She died in 1884 and George mourned deeply. He was already 70 years old when he succeeded his brother Albert and ruled the kingdom for a bit more than 2 years from June 19, 1902 until October 15, 1904. (Bio by: Lutetia)
Kathedrale Saint Trinitatis, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Plot: Crypt
Hoffmann, Georg Melchior b. 1679 d. October 6, 1715
Composer, Conductor. A gifted representative of German Baroque music. His style is notable for its imaginative scoring, strong melodies, and emotional directness. The cantata "Meine Seele rühmt und preist" (c. 1707) and the Mass in E Minor (1708) are probably his best known works. Hoffmann was born in Barenstein, Germany, and trained as a choirboy at the nearby Dresden Hofkapelle. In 1705 he succeeded Georg Philipp Telemann as organist and music director of Leipzig's Neukirche and Collegium...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobb Edwards)
Alter Johannisfriedhof, Leipzig, Leipzig (urban), Saxony (Sachsen), Germany

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