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  1. 3 days ago · However, these three nephews divided the land with him. Albert II retained Saxe-Wittenberg, and became the head of the Elder Saxon Line; Albert III, Eric I and John II ruled together in Saxe-Lauenburg, becoming the founders of the Younger Saxon Line. 1296–1298. Saxe-Wittenberg. John I.

  2. 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 ...

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  3. 3 days ago · Brigitte Jutta of Saxony (d. 4 April 1266) 1230 ... Sophia: 1300: 1320–1356: 1356: ... Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 4 November 1681

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  5. May 9, 2024 · May 9, 1760, Herrnhut (aged 60) Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf (born 1700, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died May 9, 1760, Herrnhut) was a religious and social reformer of the German Pietist movement who, as leader of the Moravian church (Unitas Fratrum), sought to create an ecumenical Protestant movement.

  6. 3 days ago · Frederick III [a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz", he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service.

  7. May 5, 2024 · Saxony. Saxony, Land (state), eastern Germany. Poland lies to the east of Saxony, and the Czech Republic lies to the south. Saxony also borders the German states of Saxony-Anhalt to the northwest, Brandenburg to the north, Bavaria to the southwest, and Thuringia to the west. The capital is Dresden. Area 7,109 square miles (18,413 square km).

  8. 1 day ago · THE PRISONER of Ahlden refers to Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the repudiated wife of George I, who was imprisoned in the Castle of Ahlden in Germany from 1694 until her death in 1726. Sophia Dorothea was born in 1666. She was the daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, and his mistress, Eleonore Desmier d’Olbreuse.

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