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5 days ago · of Saxony 1461–1521: John of Saxony 1468–1532: William II of Hesse 1469–1509: Henry IV of Saxony 1473–1541: George the Bearded of Saxony 1471–1539: Susanna of Bavaria 1502–1543: Casimir 1481–1515–1527: Albert of Prussia 1490–1568: Charles I of Münsterburg-Oels 1476–1536: Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 1485–1537 ...
2 days ago · "~ the Beer Jug": John George I, Elector of Saxony (German: Johann Georg der Bierkrug) "~ the Beloved": Louis XV of France ( French : Louis le Bien-Aimé ) [51] "~ the Bewitched": Charles II of Spain ( Spanish : Carlos el Hechizado ) [52]
2 days ago · The House of Hohenzollern (/ ˌ h oʊ ə n ˈ z ɒ l ər n /, US also /-n ˈ z ɔː l-,-n t ˈ s ɔː l-/; German: Haus Hohenzollern, pronounced [ˌhaʊs hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ; Romanian: Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German ...
May 9, 2024 · Though he regained Poland’s former provinces of Podolia and Ukraine, his reign marked the beginning of Poland’s decline as a European power. The second son of Elector John George III of Saxony, Augustus succeeded his elder brother John George IV as elector in 1694. After the death of John III Sobieski of Poland (1696), Augustus became one ...
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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. Succeeding his father in 1763 as the elector Frederick Augustus III, he brought order and ...
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May 3, 2024 · John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp: 6. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp: 13. Augusta of Denmark: 3. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp: 14. John George I, Elector of Saxony: 7. Marie Elisabeth of Saxony: 15. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia
3 days ago · George II, King and Elector. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2011, ISBN: 9780300118926; 315pp.; Price: £25.00. A detailed biography of George II in English has been needed for some time. His is one of the longer reigns of an early modern British monarch (1727–60), encompassing both the final military defeat of the Stuart cause in 1745 ...
