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May 27, 2024 · John George II (born May 31, 1613, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 22, 1680, Freiberg, Saxony) was the elector of Saxony (1657–80), under whom Dresden became the musical centre of Germany.
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May 24, 2024 · 1613-1680. An Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680. His reign was marked by the economic reconstruction of Saxony after the Thirty Years' War.
May 6, 2024 · The Mass was begun in 1733 in order to gain favor with the Catholic Elector of Saxony, Augustus III. Drawing upon other pieces, he revised and expanded the Mass during the last years of his life, offering it as a final testament and certainly one of his greatest masterpieces.
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 9, 2024 · John Frederick (II) (born Jan. 8, 1529, Torgau, Saxony—died May 9, 1595, Steyr, Austria) was an Ernestine duke of Saxony, or Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, whose attempts to regain the electoral dignity, lost by his father to the rival Albertine branch of the House of Wettin, led to his capture and incarceration until his death.
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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 7, 2024 · Sun Sign: Capricorn. Ascendant: Taurus. Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
