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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.
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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.
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May 1, 2024 · Frederick Augustus I (born Dec. 23, 1750, Dresden, Saxony—died May 5, 1827, Dresden) was the first king of Saxony and duke of Warsaw, who became one of Napoleon’s most loyal allies and lost much of his kingdom to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna.
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4 days ago · Regencies of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1543–1548), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1543–1547) and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1547–1548) In 1557, reunited Kulmbach to Ansbach once more. Left no descendants, and the Margraviates passed to sons of the Elector John George.
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4 days ago · The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire. The Bohemian king was a prince-elector of the empire. The kings of Bohemia, besides the region of Bohemia itself, also ruled other lands belonging to the Bohemian Crown, which at various times included Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia, and parts of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Bavaria.
2 days ago · elector: 1 n a citizen who has a legal right to vote Synonyms: voter Types: show 4 types... hide 4 types... constituent a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes crossover , crossover voter a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the ...
3 days ago · e. In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1]
