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Father. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Margaret of Austria-Styria. Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes.
Electorate of Saxony (Saxe-Wittenberg) (German Empire) AD 1356 - 1547. Saxon States. All Modern States Central Europe Hessian States The Rus / Old Russia. The once powerful duchy of Saxony had been divided in 1180 by the Hohenstaufen German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa.
History. Elector Ernest died in 1486, and was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Wise. Leipzig, the economic center of Saxony, as well as the seat of the only university in Saxony, was located in Albertine Saxony.
Electorate of Saxony (1422–1464) Albertine territories: Ernestine territories: Albertine Duchy of Saxony (1464–1547) Ernestine Electorate of Saxony (1464–1547) Coburg (1542–53) Albertine Electorate of Saxony (1547–1806) Ernestine Duchy of Saxony (1547–1554) Coburg & Eisenach (1554–66) Gotha (1554–65) Weimar (1554–66) Ernestine ...
ImageNameReign838 – 840Comes et marchio850 – 12 March 864 or 866Comes et marchio12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880Comes et marchio2 February 880 – 30 November 912first Duke of the Younger stem duchySummarize this article for a 10 year old. Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486) was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (September 2012) Click for important translation instructions.
He attended school in Eisenach (1498–1501), located in electoral Saxony, and enrolled in university (1501–1505) and later entered the Augustinian monastery (1505–1508) in Erfurt, an independent city with close economic and political ties to Saxony.
Ernest, Elector of Saxony * March 24, 1441 Meißen, + August 26, 1486 near Colditz, Elector of Saxony, Landgrave in Thuringia and Margrave of Meißen, progenitor of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin
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