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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. [1] Biography.
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.
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His relationship with the rulers in Ernestine and Albertine Saxony and their reaction to his reform movement proved fundamental to Luther’s life and career, just as Luther has become inextricably linked to the history of Saxony and Wittenberg.
Close. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Biography. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1381–1428), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486) and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany.
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. Contents. Establishment of the Electorate. Background. Saxe-Wittenberg becomes Electoral Saxony.
It has been applied: (1) before 1180 ce, to an extensive far-north German region including Holstein but lying mainly west and southwest of the estuary and lower course of the Elbe River; (2) between 1180 and 1423, to two much smaller and widely separated areas, one on the right (east) bank of the lower Elbe southeast of Holstein, the other on th...
Elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire. Succeeded his father Ernest as Elector of Saxony; a Roman Catholic, he nevertheless founded the university of Wittenberg, where Martin Luther (q.v.) taught. 90 related objects.
