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House of Wettin. Father. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Margaret of Austria. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Albert III ( German: Albrecht) (27 January 1443 – 12 September 1500) was a Duke of Saxony. He was nicknamed Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous and founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin .
Ferdinand I (1861 –1948) Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ruler of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1918, first as Knyaz (prince regnant, 1887–1908) and later as Tsar (1908–1918), third son of August Louis Victor (1818 – 1881) Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Founder of the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was founded by Ernest I’s descendant, Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1784 – 1844), the sixth duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Ernest I’s younger brother Leopold I (1790 – 1865) became King of the Belgians in 1831, and his descendants continue to ...
Johann Wilhelm was a member of the House of Wettin, which had served as the protecting power of Protestantism in Germany since the time of Frederick the Wise, yet he allied himself with the Catholic King of France against the Protestants Huguenots. The Emperor played off the two surviving sons of Johann Friedrich II against Johann Wilhelm, and ...
George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so. Despite George's efforts to avoid a succession by a Lutheran upon his death in 1539 ...
The House of Wettin (German: Haus Wettin) was 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.
Apr 29, 2022 · Genealogy profile for Christiana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Merseburg
