was famous for his various museum collections, including the finest collection of arms and weapons in Northern Europe, paintings, and an extensive collection of tools. In 1560 he founded the Dresden Kunstkammer, the predecessor of the present day State Collections. One of his possessions, a clockwork automaton called the Mechanical Galleon is now in the British Museum. This table decoration played music, told the time and showed Augustus and the other six electors parading before the Roman Emperor. Ancestors References Sources This cites: C. W. Böttiger and T. Flathe, Geschichte Sachsens, Band ii. (Gotha, 1870) M. Ritter, Deutsche Geschichte im Zeitalter der Gegenreformation, Band i. (Stuttgart, 1890) R. Calinich, Kampf und Untergang des Melanchthonismus in Kursachsen (Leipzig, 1866) J. Falke, Geschichte des Kurfürsten August in volkswirtschaftlicher Beziehung (Leipzig, 1868) J. Janssen, Geschichte des Deutschen Volkes seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters (Freiburg, 1885–1894) W. Wenck, Kurfürst Moritz und Herzog August (Leipzig, 1874) External links Biography from the Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde e.V. The Wire-drawing Bench of Elector Augustus of Saxony: Machine-tool and Work of Art The Decoration on the Wire-drawing Bench of Elector Augustus of Saxony MA Dissertation about the Wire-drawing Bench of Elector Augustus of Saxony 1526 births 1586 deaths Prince-electors of Saxony House of Wettin German Lutherans German hunters People from the Electorate of Saxony Burials at Freiberg Cathedral Saxon princes Albertine branch