Fürstenzug
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The Fürstenzug in Dresden, Germany, is a monumental mural depicting a mounted procession of the rulers of Saxony. Originally painted between 1871 and 1876 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the H
The Fürstenzug on Augustusstraße
The Fürstenzug, starting with Margrave Conrad in the 12th century (left) to King George who ruled at the beginning of the 20th century (right)
Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, the first ruler in the procession
A girl in the children's group is the only female person in the Fürstenzug
George, King of Saxony
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George was king of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin.
Fürstenzug
…1904 and 1907. The mural depicts the 35 Saxon margraves, electors, dukes and kings from Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, who ruled in the 12th century, to George of Saxony who was king for only two years in the 20th century. The only ones missing are Heinrich I von Eilenburg (c. 1089) and the last king of Saxony, Frederick…
2 Mark coin with the portrait of King George (coined 1903)