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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Frederick-IIIFrederick III | Holy Roman Emperor, Elector, Reformer

    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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  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Frederick-Augustus-IFrederick Augustus I | Elector of Saxony, Elector Palatine ...

    May 1, 2024 · king (1806-1827), Saxony. Role In: Napoleonic Wars. 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. Succeeding his father in 1763 as the ...

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Augustus-IIAugustus II | Facts, Biography, Children, & Significance

    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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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_margraves_andList of margraves and electors of Brandenburg - Wikipedia

    May 20, 2024 · 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.

  5. libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk › freeonlineresourcesClassics and Ancient History: free online resources

    May 16, 2024 · Oxford LibGuides: Classics and Ancient History: free online resources

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  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › Great ElectorGreat Elector - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    3 days ago · Great Elector: 1 n the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688) Synonyms: Frederick William Example of: Elector any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

  7. www.lookandlearn.com › history-images › M566009Maurice, Elector of Saxony stock image | Look and Learn

    5 days ago · Download stock image of “Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553). Illustration for Weltgeschichte Fur Das Volk by Otto von Corvin and Wilhelm Held (Verlag und Druck von Otto Spamer, 1880).” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive