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Ernst, Elector of Saxony (b. Meissen, 24 March 1441 - d. Colditz, 26 August 1486) was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as his wife and cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and their cousins ...
Duchy of Saxony: John Ernest I: 10 May 1521: 16 August 1532 – 8 February 1553: 8 February 1553: Ernestine Saxe-Coburg: Catherine of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 12 February 1542 Torgau no children: Until 1542, John Ernest was co-regent of his brother, Elector John Frederick I. When John Frederick decided to rule alone, he created the Duchy of Saxe ...
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Founder of the Ernestine Line of Saxony. 1486. Just nine months after signing the Treaty of Leipzig to formalise the division of Wettin lands between himself and his brother, Albert 'the Bold', duke of Saxe-Meissen, Ernest takes a fall from his horse. He dies on 26 August at the young age of forty-six.
Noble family. House of Wettin. Father. Ernest, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Elisabeth of Bavaria. Ernest II of Saxony (26 or 27 June 1464 – 3 August 1513 in Halle) held two episcopal titles: Archbishop of Magdeburg (from 1476 until his death); Administrator of the Diocese of Halberstadt (from 1480 until his death).
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 ...
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532 ...
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