Saxony, Albertine line
Obverse: armored half-length bust right, holding sword and helmet
CHRISTIAN D G DVX SAXO SA ROMA IMP
Reverse: Helmeted ducal coat-of-arms
ARCHIMARS CHAL ET ELEC
Weight 29.16 g
Saxony's thaler, minted under the rule of Frederick William I, showing three brothers (Christian II, Johann Georg and August) who were under his care until 1601. Christian II (1583-1611) was the elector of Saxony and a member of the Wettin family. He was the eldest son of Christian I. Christian succeeded his father as elector of Saxony in 1591, when he was only eight years old. To this end, his relative, Prince Frederick William I of Saxony-Weimar, took over the electoral regency until 1601, when Christian became an adult and began his reign. In Dresden, on September 12 1602, Christian married Jadwiga, daughter of the King of Denmark, Frederick II. This marriage was childless. After his death, his brother Johann Georg replaced him as elector.
