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   Who was Christian I of Saxony?

   • Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 in Dresden – 25 September 1591 in Dresden) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine line of the House of Wettin . He was the sixth but second surviving son of Elector Augustus of Saxony and Anna of Denmark.

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   How old was Christian when he became Elector of Saxony?

   • Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of eight. Because of his youth, his mother Sophie of Brandenburg and his kinsman, Duke Frederick William I of Saxe-Weimar, assumed the regency of the electorate until 1601, when Christian was declared an adult and began to govern.

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   Who held the Electorate of Saxony?

   • The honour was initially held by a Count of Hessengau, then from the early 11th century by the Counts of Goseck, later by the Counts of Sommerschenburg, and still later by the Landgraves of Thuringia. When the Wettin landgraves succeeded to the Electorate of Saxony, the two positions merged.

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   Did Saxony convert to Catholicism?

   • The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. His descendants (including all Kings of Saxony) have since been Catholic.

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   Christian II, Elector of Saxony. Christian II (23 September 1583 – 23 June 1611) [1] was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611. [2] Early life and background. He was born in Dresden, the eldest son of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg, the daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg.

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   Contents. Christian II. elector of Saxony. Learn about this topic in these articles: alchemy. In alchemy: Modern alchemy. …1603 the elector of Saxony, Christian II, imprisoned and tortured the Scotsman Alexander Seton, who had been traveling about Europe performing well-publicized transmutations.

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   (Christian I) 29 October 1560: 11 February 1586 – 25 September 1591: 25 September 1591: Albertine Electorate of Saxony: Sophie of Brandenburg 25 April 1582 Dresden seven children: Regency of Sophie of Brandenburg (1591-1601) Christian II (Christian II) 23 September 1583: 25 September 1591 – 23 June 1611: 23 June 1611: Albertine Electorate ...

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   Banzleib	838 – 840	Comes et marchio
   Liudolf I	850 – 12 March 864 or 866	Comes et marchio
   Bruno	12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880	Comes et marchio
   Otto I the Illustrious	2 February 880 – 30 November 912	first Duke of the Younger stem duchy

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   Christian II of Saxony (23 September 1583 – 23 June 1611) was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611. You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (July 2012) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article.

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   Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 in Dresden – 25 September 1591 in Dresden) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . He was the sixth but second surviving son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark.

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   Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1583-1611) and his Consort, Hedwig, Princess of Denmark, Electress of Saxony (1581-1641) Dated 1627 Oil on canvas | 29.7 x 24.1 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 401386

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    Christian II, Duke and Elector of Saxony. Header. Christian II, Duke and Elector of Saxony. Also known as. Christian II, Duke and Elector of Saxony. primary name:Christian II of Saxony. other name:(Duke and Elector of) Saxony.