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5 days ago · As the most secure site in Saxony, Konigstein Fortress served as a high-security prison for the kingdom‘s most notorious criminals and political prisoners. Its most famous detainee was undoubtedly Johann Friedrich Böttger, the alchemist who discovered the formula for hard-paste porcelain, sparking a revolution in European ceramics.
3 days ago · Frederick the Wise, Prince-elector of Saxony (r. 1486–1525 ) forbade the campaign because the Sacrosanctis suspended the sale of previous indulgences, depriving him of revenues that he had spent on his collection of relics .
1 day ago · The duke of Saxony in Frederick’s camp was the duke of Sachsen-Wittenberg whilst the dukes in Ludwig’s camp there were three dukes of Sachsen-Lauenburg. All of these dukes were descendants of Albert I of Saxony who had split his lands between his sons, one getting Wittenberg and the other Lauenburg.
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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 · John George II (born May 31, 1613, Dresden, Saxony—died Aug. 22, 1680, Freiberg, Saxony) was the elector of Saxony (1657–80), under whom Dresden became the musical centre of Germany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
5 days ago · Francis Sicken hopes for rescue out of France, else he is undone; for the archbishop of Treves, the count Palatine, the duke Frederick, elector of Saxony and the landgrave of Hesse will besiege two of his castles on the 10th prox.
