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Father. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Margaret of Austria-Styria. Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes.
Ernest: Son of Frederick II. Ernestines founder in Saxe-Thuringen. 1482: Ernest succeeds his uncle, William III, as landgrave of Thuringia upon the latter's death. The Wettin lands are now united under a single ruler, although that does not long remain the case.
Background. Saxe-Wittenberg becomes Electoral Saxony. Re-Enfeoffment of the Electorate. Beginning of Wettin rule. Formation of the territorial complex in the late Middle Ages. Joint rule of Ernest and Albert. Renewed division. The Reformation. Rise of the Albertines as the Protestant protecting power in the Empire. Reformed Protestantism.
Quick Facts Elector of Saxony, Reign ... among others... Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Ernest, known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.
Ernest (24 March 144126 August 1486) was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Biography
Discussions of Luther’s interaction with these Saxon electors were featured in 16th-century publications and art as well as early histories of the Reformation and of Saxony. Over the course of subsequent centuries, the relationship between Luther and the Ernestine electors has become central to the story of the Reformation and to Saxon history.
May 1, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521. Succeeding his father, the elector Ernest, in 1486, Frederick allied himself with ...
