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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. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an ...
In 1547, when the Ernestine elector John Frederick I was defeated in the Schmalkaldic War, the electoral district and electorship passed to the Albertine line. They remained electors until the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, after which they gained the Saxon kingship through an alliance with Napoleon.
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Oct 1, 2019 · Electoral Saxony was the most powerful single Protestant state in the Holy Roma n Empir e, a mid-l evel Ger man pow er com parable to larg e and w ealthy Bavaria in strength and preeminence.
Sep 28, 2011 · In the Electorate of Saxony, the Estates essentially comprised two bodies, the nobility and the cities, with spiritual foundations and universities playing a minor role. The Landschaft, the parliament of the Estates, had an extraordinarily complex protocol, proceedings between the various groups usually being conducted in writing.
- Ulrich Siegel
- 1997
John George succeeded to the electorate on 23 June 1611 on the death of his elder brother, Christian II. The geographical position of the Electorate of Saxony rather than her high standing among the German Protestants gave her ruler much importance during the Thirty Years' War.
Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen BWV 213 / BC G 18. Tönet ihr Pauken, erschallet, Trompeten BWV 214 / BC G 19. Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen BWV 215 / BC G 21. Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten BWV 207.2 / BC G 22. Schleicht, spielende Wellen BWV 206 / BC G 23. Begin with “ Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen BWV 213 ...
House of Wettin. 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. [1]
