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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.
In 1314 the two Saxon princes - of Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg - found themselves on opposite sides of a double election for the Holy Roman empire. Eventually, the Saxe-Wittenbergers under Rudolf I succeed in gaining the upper hand, adopting the title 'Elector of Saxony'.
17 January 1463 Torgau, Electoral Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire: Died: 5 May 1525 (aged 62) Castle Lochau near Annaburg, Electoral Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire: Burial
There are museums in Annaburg Castle and in the Amtshaus. Frederick the Wise ’ s passion for hunting and the Lochau Heath, rich in game, may also have been the reason Elector August I of Saxony (1553-1586) rebuilt the castle in 1575.
May 21, 2024 · The exhibition retraces the path taken by the House of Wettin, tells of religious wars and tensions between the pope, the emperor and the empire, of the bestowal of the Saxon electoral title to Frederick I, the Belligerent, by the emperor in 1423 and of the acquisition of electoral power for the Albertine branch of the Wettins by the duke ...
- Taschenberg 2, Dresden, 01067
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Nov 1, 2022 · Before 1806, Saxony was part of the Holy Roman Empire, a thousand-year-old entity that had become highly decentralised over the centuries. The rulers of the Electorate of Saxony of the House of Wettin had held the title of elector for several centuries.
