Background
He was the sixth (but second surviving) son of Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby, and Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau.
He was the sixth (but second surviving) son of Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby, and Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau.
Before his own birth, two older brothers (both named Johann August and stillborn twins) had died. The death of his oldest surviving brother, the Hereditary Prince Frederick Heinrich, during a trip to The Hague (21 November 1711) made him the new heir of the county of Barby. In Forst, Niederlausitz, on 18 February 1721, Georg Albrecht married Auguste Louise of Württemberg-Oels.
Auguste"s maternal grandmother was Justine Sophie of Barby-Mühlingen, a sister of the last count.
This brought Georg Albrecht closer connection to the former ruling house of Barby. Auguste Luise returned to her Silesian homeland and died six months before Georg Albrecht.
Neither remarried. Georg Albrecht succeeded his father as count when Heinrick Albrecht died on 16 February 1728.
However, he died after only 11 years of governing. Because he died without issue, the Barby line of the Wettin family became extinct and the county of Barby passed to the Electorate of Saxony.
He was buried in the new family vault built by his father in Barby.