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Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) was Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.
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Maurice (born March 21, 1521, Freiberg, Saxony—died July 9, 1553, Sievershausen, Saxony) was the duke (1541–53) and later elector (1547–53) of Saxony, whose clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.
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This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
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 duchyMaurice was born at Goslar, an illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and the Countess Maria Aurora of Königsmarck. He was the first of eight extramarital children whom August acknowledged, although as many as 354 are claimed by sources, including Wilhelmine of Bayreuth , to have existed.
Maurice ( Moritz von Sachsen ), Duke, 1541-1553 and later Elector of Saxony, 1547-1553, was born 21 March 1521, the son of Duke Heinrich IV the Pious, who introduced the Reformation in Albertine Saxony, and Katharina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1561).
See also Maurice, Elector of Saxony on Wikipedia; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . MAURICE (1521–1553), elector of Saxony, elder son of Henry, duke of Saxony, belonging to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family, was born at Freiberg on the 21st of March 1521. In January 1541 he married Agnes, daughter of Philip, landgrave ...
