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Apr 25, 2024 · Christian of Anhalt was a minor Protestant prince who played a major role in precipitating the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). Christian entered the service of the Lutheran elector of Saxony and in 1591 led a force of German Protestant troops to support the Calvinist Henry IV in the French Wars of.
May 2, 2024 · Patronymics is one system of identifying those connections. The term is a combination of the Greek words for father (πατήρ or patēr) and name (ὄνομα or onoma), with the suffix “pertaining to” (-ικός or -ikos). It is a modification of the first name of one’s father or other paternal ancestor.
Apr 22, 2024 · The Battle of Mühlberg took place near Mühlberg in the Electorate of Saxony in 1547, during the Schmalkaldic War. The Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decisively defeated the Lutheran Schmalkaldic
1 day ago · Son of John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and Marie Anne Henriëtte Leopoldine de La Tour d'Auvergne. Distant cousin of Maximilian III; Elector Palatine from 1743. Charles Theodore was also childless, and was succeeded by a distant cousin, the Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Maximilian IV Joseph—later King Maximilian I. Maximilian IV ...
May 2, 2024 · Luther also tells the elector he is returning, and the elector says he cannot protect him if he leaves the Wartburg. At this point anyone could legally kill Luther, but he trusts God would protect him. Let us continue to the main part of how he addresses the discord at Wittenburg.
Apr 19, 2024 · George (born April 23, 1420, Poděbrady, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died March 22, 1471, Prague) was the king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates.
Apr 23, 2024 · Wettin dynasty. John George IV (born Oct. 18, 1668, Dresden, Saxony—died April 27, 1694, Dresden) was the elector of Saxony (1691–94). At the beginning of his reign his chief adviser was Hans Adam von Schöning (1641–96), who counselled a union between Saxony and Brandenburg and a more independent attitude toward the emperor Leopold I.
