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Aug 23, 2024 · To distinguish him from other rulers bearing the title Duke of Saxony, he was commonly called Elector of Saxony. Eric I 1296–1303 joint rule, then ruling until 1360 in Saxe-Bergedorf, partitioned from Saxe-Lauenburg (see section Dukes of Saxe-Ratzeburg-Lauenburg below in this article)
Sep 8, 2024 · John George III (born June 20, 1647, Dresden, Saxony [Germany]—died September 12, 1691, Tübingen, Württemberg) was the elector of Saxony (1680–91). He forsook the vacillating foreign policy of his father, John George II, and in June 1683 joined an alliance against France.
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Sep 3, 2024 · Frederick II (born Aug. 22, 1411, Leipzig—died Sept. 7, 1464, Leipzig) was a Saxon elector (1428–64) and the eldest son of Frederick the Warlike; he successfully defended his electorship against the Ascanian Saxe-Lauenburg line and instituted regular diets in his territories.
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When Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, became king of Germany, he restored Bavaria to the Welf line in the person of Henry X's son, Henry XII the Lion, Duke of Saxony.
Aug 28, 2024 · This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end...
Sep 12, 2024 · Three times – in 1756, 1813, and 1866 – Saxony’s position sandwiched between Brandenburg-Prussia and Habsburg-ruled Bohemia (today’s Czechia) saw it occupied and nearly wiped off the map of Europe. Three times in the twentieth century it was abolished, by democratic, fascist, and communist revolutionaries.
4 days ago · Acting out of what appears to be a blend of conviction and political expediency, the estates’ leaders, prompted by Frederick the Wise, the elector of Saxony, demanded that the Diet of Worms reopen Luther’s case by allowing the excommunicated friar to speak before the estates.
