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1 day ago · It also prevented Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, from seeking to connect his own disparate lands through Silesia. [64] Portrait of Frederick during his early reign by Antoine Pesne ( c. 1740 , Gripsholm Castle , Sweden)
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2 days ago · He defeated the candidacies of Frederick III of Saxony, Francis I of France, and Henry VIII of England in the 1519 Imperial election. According to some, Charles became emperor due to the fact that by paying huge bribes to the electors, he was the highest bidder.
4 days ago · The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire. The Bohemian king was a prince-elector of the empire. The kings of Bohemia, besides the region of Bohemia itself, also ruled other lands belonging to the Bohemian Crown, which at various times included Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia, and parts of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Bavaria.
2 days ago · The Nine Years' War, [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
5 days ago · Frederick, who had considered ceding East Prussia to Russia if Peter III helped him secure Saxony, finally insisted on excluding Russia (in fact, no longer a belligerent) from the negotiations. At the same time, he refused to evacuate Saxony until its elector had renounced any claim to reparation.
4 days ago · Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg: 5. Margaret of Hohenzollern-Nuremberg: 11. Elisabeth of Meissen: 1. Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse: 12. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia: 6. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony: 13. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen: 3. Anna of Saxony: 14. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: 7. Catherine of Brunswick ...
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