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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. The death of his older brother, Alexander (8 October 1565), made ...
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Christian I of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.
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The pieces displayed here are thought to be part of a garniture commissioned by Elector August of Saxony (1526–1586) in 1582. Because of its slender proportions, the armor is assumed to have been ordered as a present for the elector’s son, Christian (1560–1591), who later succeeded his father as archduke and elector of Saxony.
Margravine Sophia of Brandenburg, Dresden (1591; her gift to her husband. Prince Elector Christian, December 25, 1591); Prince Elector Christian I of Saxony, Dresden (1591; by descent through his family to King Friedrich August III); King Friedrich August III of Saxony, Dresden (until 1919; seized by the Free State of Saxony, 1919); The Free State of Saxony (1919–1925; transferred to the ...
