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John George III, Elector of Saxony
John George III was Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691. He created Saxony's first standing army and led Saxon troops at the relief of Vienna in 1683, fighting alongside John III Sobieski against the Ottomans, and later commanded imperial forces on the Rhine against France in the Nine Years' War. He died at Tübingen in 1691 while on campaign.
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