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5 days ago · Regencies of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1543–1548), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1543–1547) and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1547–1548) In 1557, reunited Kulmbach to Ansbach once more. Left no descendants, and the Margraviates passed to sons of the Elector John George.
1 day ago · He also ridiculed German princes, especially the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Augustus III, who imitated French sumptuousness. His own court remained quite Spartan, frugal and small and restricted to a limited circle of close friends, [266] a layout similar to his father's court, though Frederick and his friends were far more ...
4 days ago · The population was extremely Protestant, but after Augustus the Strong converted to Catholicism so that he could become king of Poland-Lithuania, all subsequent electors (and later, kings) of Saxony were Catholic, even after Poland was abolished. I don't think any of the rulers ever tried to convert the population back from Protestantism ...
5 days ago · The collection remaining at Royal Castle in Warsaw was looted during the Great Northern War or appropriated in 1720 by Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, like two paintings by Rembrandt – Portrait of a Bearded Man in Black Beret (1657 also known as the Portrait of a Rabbi) and Portrait of a Man in the Hat Decorated with Pearls (1667 ...
1 day ago · We are offering to your attention to the tour off the beaten track - visit Meissen – the city of history, wine, porcelain and music, and Moritzburg, served as
5 days ago · The words “Verbum Dei Manet in Aeternum” (“The Word of God endures Forever”) have been emblazed on Lutheran banners, shields and standards since the time of John the Steadfast (1468–1532), the Elector of Saxony, who stood with the Reformers at the time of the Augsburg Confession.
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