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4 days ago · John George II was the elector of Saxony (1657–80), under whom Dresden became the musical centre of Germany. In 1657, just after his accession, he made an arrangement with his three brothers with the object of preventing disputes over their separate territories, and in 1664 he entered into friendly.
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3 days ago · On 1 August 1425 Sigismund enfeoffed the Wettinian Frederick as Prince-Elector of Saxony, despite the protests of Eric V. Thus the Saxon territories remained permanently separated.
4 days ago · Our next stop is one of the largest and most breathtaking Baroque palaces in Germany, commissioned in 1709 by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. Originally conceived as an orangerie, the Dresden Zwinger was gradually extended with exquisitely decorated pavilions and gardens. The lavish complex was also destroyed in the ...
3 days ago · The League of Augsburg was not strong enough to meet the threat, but on 22 October 1688 the powerful German princes, including the Elector of Brandenburg, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Ernest Augustus of Hanover, and Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, reached an agreement in Magdeburg that mobilised the forces of north Germany.
3 days ago · The hereditary elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, was also elective King of Poland as Augustus III, but the two territories were physically separated by Brandenburg and Silesia. Neither state could pose as a great power.
3 days ago · The hereditary elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, was also elective king of Poland as Augustus III, but the two territories were physically separated by Brandenburg and Silesia. Neither state could pose as a great power .
5 days ago · The Commissioners of Customs to cause all civility and despatch to be used in delivering the baggage of Mr. Loss, who is coming minister here from the Elector of Saxony. A petition of Mary Petre to be admitted to a, post entry of six half pieces of cambric seized at the Custom House for being short entered, referred to the Customs Commissioners,
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