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Christian II; Elector of Saxony; Reign: 25 September 1591 – 23 June 1611: Predecessor: Christian I: Successor: John George I: Regent: Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Contents. Christian II. elector of Saxony. Learn about this topic in these articles: alchemy. In alchemy: Modern alchemy. …1603 the elector of Saxony, Christian II, imprisoned and tortured the Scotsman Alexander Seton, who had been traveling about Europe performing well-publicized transmutations.
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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an ...
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October 2002. Unleashed in the early sixteenth century, the Reformation put an abrupt end to the relative unity that had existed for the previous thousand years in Western Christendom under the Roman Catholic Church. The Reformation, which began in Germany but spread quickly throughout Europe, was initiated in response to the growing sense of ...
Timeline of Art History. Chronology Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D. ... Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611) ...
Timeline of Art History. Chronology Central Europe (including Germany), 1400-1600 A.D. ... Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611) ...
In Dresden, on September 12, 1602, Christian married Hedwig, daughter of the King Frederick II of Denmark. This marriage was childless. He died in Dresden in 1611. Having left no issue, on his death his brother John George succeeded him as Elector. Christian II of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611.
