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The PEDIGREE of. Frederick I (IV) de WETTIN (Elector) of SAXONY. Prince of THURINGIA; `the Warlike'; von SACHSEN. Born: 1370 Died: 1428. HM George I's 6-Great Grandfather. HRE Charles VI's 8-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President[BUSH-41]'s 19-Great Grandfather. PM Churchill's 15-Great Grandfather.
Born January 17, 1463, Frederick was the first son of the eldest Wettin, Elector Ernest of Saxony. Ernest and his brother, Albert, had in 1485 divided Saxony into two territories, ducal Albertine Saxony and electoral Ernestine Saxony.
Frederick III. (1463-1525) called 'the Wise,' elector of Saxony, eldest son of Ernest, elector of Saxony, and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, duke of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1508), was born at Torgau, and succeeded his father as elector in 1486. Retaining the government of Saxony in his own hands, he shared the other possessions of his family with ...
Christian II of Saxony (23 September 1583 – 23 June 1611) [1] was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611. [2] He was born in Dresden, the eldest son of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of ...
FREDERICK II. (1411–1464), called “the Mild,” elector and duke of Saxony, eldest son of the elector Frederick I., was born on the 22nd of August 1411. He succeeded his father as elector in 1428, but shared the family lands with his three brothers, and was at once engaged in defending Saxony against the attacks of the Hussites.
Mar 21, 2024 · He was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, and Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria. Because he was underage at the time of the death of his father in 1763, his mother served as Regent until 1768. His uncle Prince Franz Xavier functioned as his representative.[1]
Jun 4, 2023 · Friedrich fought the so called Saxon Brother war with his brother William III 1446-1451. Afterwards Saxon was divided between Frederick I and William III. When William died 1482, without issues, Thuringa fell back to Frederick II's two sons. By his death the country was divided between his two sons Ernst I and Albert founder of two new branches ...
