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This is a list of members of the recent House of Wettin. It includes only those who were members of the male-line descent from Ernest, Elector of Saxony, and consequently bore his "surname", Wettin.
Frederick I (born April 11, 1370—died Jan. 4, 1428, Altenburg, Thuringia) was the elector of Saxony who secured the electorship for the House of Wettin, thus ensuring that dynasty’s future importance in German politics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William III, the Valiant (brother; received Thuringia at separation from Saxony 1445; union with Saxony 1482) 1428–1464. Frederick II, the Gentle (son; Thuringia 1440) 1464–1486. Ernest (son of Frederick II; Thuringia 1482; elector; received Saxe-Wittenberg and Thuringia by partition 1485) 1486–1525.
The junior Albertine branch ruled as Electors (1547-1806) and Kings of Saxony (1806-1918) and also played a role in Polish history: two Wettin were Kings of Poland (between 1697-1763) and a third ruled the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1814) as a satellite of Napoleon.
His two sons were the founders of the Ernestine and Albertine branches of the House of Wettin. He is the direct male ancestor of the Wettin Kings of Saxony, Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal and Great Britain .
It was made to celebrate 800 years of the House of Wettin who ruled over what we now know as the land of Saxony. It portrays 35 margraves, electors, dukes and kings from 1127 to 1904.
The House of Wettin ( German: Haus Wettin) is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its origins can be traced back to the town of Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt.
