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May 9, 2024 · Augustus II, king of Poland and elector of Saxony. Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power. His hopes of establishing a strong Polish monarchy came to naught and his death triggered the War of the Polish Succession.
May 26, 2024 · In the 18th century, Konigstein reached its heyday under the rule of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. The "Sun King" of Saxony hosted lavish banquets and hunts at the fortress, using it as an impregnable strongbox for the crown jewels and state treasury.
May 14, 2024 · Frederick Augustus II (born May 18, 1797, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 9, 1854, the Tirol, Austria) was a reform-minded king of Saxony and nephew of Frederick Augustus I, who favoured German unification but was frightened into a reactionary policy by the revolutions of 1848–49.
May 21, 2024 · Auf dem Weg zur Kurfürstenmacht (The Rise of Electoral Power in Saxony) Occasioned by the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, the new permanent exhibition in Dresden’s Residenzschloss (Royal Palace) presents the princely and ecclesiastical protagonists of the Reformation period in Saxony.
5 days ago · Since Saxony could only have one prince-elector, the title originally went with the elder brother Ernest and his Wettin dynasty line. However, in the sixteenth century this power was given to the Albertine line by the Holy Roman Emperor.
May 20, 2024 · The titles of Margrave of Brandenburg and Elector of Brandenburg were abolished along with the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and Brandenburg was formally integrated into Prussia. Despite this, the Prussian kings still included the title "Margrave of Brandenburg" in their royal style.
May 24, 2024 · Saxony rose in power and prestige, becoming a hereditary duchy of Liudolfings. The first Saxon King of the Romans was Henry the Fowler, in 919. When Henry died, in 936, his son became King Otto I, whose reign was so influential that he became known as Otto the Great. He later became Holy Roman Emperor.
