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3 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 ...
2 days ago · The Elector Frederick Augustus III accordingly became King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. Frederick Augustus remained loyal to Napoleon during the wars that swept Europe in the following years; he was taken prisoner and his territories were declared forfeit by the allies in 1813, after the defeat of Napoleon.
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2 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.
2 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.
5 days ago · Despite the edict, Luther was clandestinely protected by Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who had Luther taken to Wartburg Castle for his safety.During his stay at Wartburg, Luther translated the New Testament into German, further spreading his reformist ideas among the German-speaking populace and making the scriptures more accessible to the laity.
3 days ago · The King being thus resolved, sends Post unto the Elector of Saxony, to inform him of his purposes, and to lay the Plot for their Uniting. The King desired him to come to Eilenburg , upon the West of the River Mulda , 14 Miles West of Torgan , where the Duke then lay with an Army of 4000 Foot, and as many Horse, whereof 2000 Foot and 1500 Horse ...
4 days ago · The great and decisive battle of Mühlberg, in which the Protestants for a time were crushed, and the deposed Elector of Saxony, John Frederick, was captured by Charles, 24 April, 1547. 5. Dr. Thirlby, the English envoy with the Emperor.
